Val Town

Name: Val Town
Rating: 4.93 (14 reviews)

If GitHub Gists could run and AWS Lambda were fun.

4.9•14 reviews•

324 followers

If GitHub Gists could run and AWS Lambda were fun.

4.9•14 reviews•

324 followers

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Val Town is a social website to write and deploy TypeScript. Build APIs and schedule functions from your browser.

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I've been following Val Town for a long time and it's amazing to see the product grow so fast and get so good. I recommend you to check it out if you have any task you would like to automate and don't want to fall into the https://xkcd.com/1319/ trap. Don't have anything in mind? go and play anyway, you will have some fun and learn something new :)

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3yr ago

Val Town has been a great tool for me as an amateur/hobbyist Javascript programmer. I've only done front end web stuff up to this point, but Val Town allowed me to create useful backend tools without having to setup my own server or figure out serverless functions. I was able to quickly made a small but handy Discord bot for a gaming server I help run. It's awesome to be able to do this all through the web. It's not much, but here's a link to the API endpoint I I built for the bot: https://www.val.town/v/rayman.ex... I was able to instantly fork another user's example to get started. Val Town is an amazing platform for building things quickly and getting the satisfaction that comes with that.

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3yr ago

Val Town's design is visually appealing. Can you tell us more about the customization options?

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3yr ago

I'm curious about Val Town's plans for expansion. Any exciting updates in the pipeline?

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3yr ago

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Congrats Steven & team on the launch!

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3yr ago

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Reviewers mostly praise Val Town for making small scripts and prototypes fast to build and run, with almost no setup or deployment hassle. Users say it is easy to start coding immediately, useful for quick experiments, app features, iOS shortcuts, bots, cron jobs, and simple data tools, and helped them ship projects they might not have attempted otherwise. The team is also described as highly responsive and active in helping users. The main caveat is narrow: one reviewer says advanced users may miss more advanced features.

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