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Imba is Underrated: Building a counter in 49 seconds

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Programming languagesWeb developmentLanguage design and type systemsVue, Svelte, Angular and othersCSS and layout

How to build and style a simple counter component using the Imba web programming language.

Imba is an under-the-radar programming language for the Web. I love it. imba.io/ What is Imba Start Coding Done, styling time Finished product

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What people say. Recommended as a quick demonstration of Imba's syntax, built-in styling, and how it compiles to JavaScript.

somebeeon Hacker News • Recommends

On “Show HN: Imba 2.0 – The JavaScript Alternative by Scrimba (YC S20)”

…onal types and great tooling that integrates deeply with TypeScript. With this version we feel that we are very close to our vision for what Imba should be. In other words; it is finally ready for public consumption. I'd wholeheartedly advice you to look into it and give it a whirl if you are interested in web development :) Check out this video ( link to this video ) building a counter in less than 1 minute. - Compiles to Javascript, works with node + npm - DOM tags & styles as first-class citizens - Optional typing and deep TypeScript integration - Blazing-fast dev/build tools based on esbuild - Advanced tooling with refactoring++ across js,ts, and imba files…

knight17on Hacker News • Recommends

On “Show HN: My free course for learning Imba”

This looks really nice. This is a video of author creating a simple counter with two buttons using imba. It demonstrates how CSS styling, code, and HTML works together in this language: link to this video

somebeeon Hacker News • Mentions

On “Show HN: Imba – I have spent 7 years creating a programming language for the web”

Relevant links for those who wish to look into it: Repo: link Docs: link Video: link to this video Article: link Site: link Discord: link Twitter: link

trafnaron Hacker News • Mentions

On “Imba – The friendly full-stack language”

I’ve been building all my projects with Imba for the past few years, I love it. - TaskTXT - Plain text todos and tasks with timers link - ReadyRunner - GPT chat for desktop link - Chonky Menu Re-Creation - Breakdown of a fancy menu UI link I’ve made several videos about Imba too: - Building a counter in 49 seconds: link to this video - Video timeline UI: link - All of my Imba videos here: link I made the (free) official course on Scrimba: link Which is also on YouTube: link I understand that Imba is not appropriate for everyone and every project but I encourage you not to dismiss it. One are where it is clearly valuable is in building prototypes and side projects.