Opa VS Civet

I remember Opa http://opalang.org/ tried something similar at the time when MongoDB was new and modern. - Source: Hacker News / 8 months ago

We come across some web frameworks and technologies that we think will succeed, but they wither away as time passes by and don't succeed to the level we expected. Which web frameworks and or technologies did you come across that you thought would succeed but did not as per your expectations? For example, I thought that Opa Lang[0] and UrWeb[1] would succeed but did not, even though the ideas were sound. [0]... - Source: Hacker News / 10 months ago

I think the Opa language was doing JSX-like code in the frontend before JSX http://opalang.org/ Both Opa and JSX were created in 2011. Opa had other innovations as well, such having the same code base run on both client and server (like Next.js). Unfortunately it didn't get traction and was abandoned by the creators. - Source: Hacker News / almost 3 years ago

FYI https://civet.dev/ looks like a nice alternative for coffescript today. Source: 5 months ago

That's why I created https://civet.dev as a personal slight against chaptrick. - Source: Hacker News / 8 months ago

Civet[1] is a similar idea for a programming language based off of TypeScript and 99% ES compatibility. [1]: https://civet.dev. - Source: Hacker News / 8 months ago

Check out Civet https://civet.dev/#pattern-matching. - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago

Maybe they could add a new transpiled language as well, like Civet[0] or ReScript[1]. Not every project needs to be a C#/.NET clone in TypeScript :) [0] https://civet.dev/ [1] https://rescript-lang.org/. - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago