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Webshell.io: the shell for scripting and combining APIs in Javascript | Hacker News

news.ycombinator.com on 12/19/2012

Excerpt: Cool interface but I'm not sure what sort of value you're going for here. Is it a set of APIs that make it easier to get stuff done in a repl? If so, it doesn't seem more useful than console so far (looking at the Google Maps and HTTP call examples). Or is it a lightweight IDE -- if so, would this be better done as a browser extension that could circumvent security restrictions? (and also operate on any document, including those served from localhost) I really like it intuitively, but also, I don't get it.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, Scripting-Platform, Webshell