autoconfig for socket server

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autoconfig for socket server #267

Closed WuTheFWasThat closed 7 years ago

WuTheFWasThat commented 7 years ago

See https://github.com/WuTheFWasThat/vimflowy/pull/264#issuecomment-330000729

in socket server case, should essentially auto configure socketServerHost in the client. can be accomplished with DefinePlugin

willprice commented 7 years ago

RE client autoconfig: I don't think it makes sense to have the server pre-configure the password. So in the server case there needs to be some other UI for passwords... I have a WIP on the branch socketserver_autoconfig though. I'm going to open an issue for that.

Yeah, here's my envisaged user flow:

Visits http://my-vimflowy-server.com
Is prompted whether she wants to use local storage or server backend (sqlite)
She selects server
She is prompted for server pw
She inputs server pw
She is prompted for db name
Enter db name
Starts using vimflowy now the backend is configured

WuTheFWasThat commented 7 years ago

I had been thinking the only configuration would be password

it would automatically use sqlite over local storage
db name would be same as docname, i.e. ?doc={dbname}

in the case of no password, there would be no configuration. what do you think? I guess the main question is whether people would run the sqlite server and still want local storage. Those could use a separately hosted static version I think

willprice commented 7 years ago

I like your suggestion better, it's a more frictionless user workflow. :+1:

We prompt user to enter the password if the server has one?

WuTheFWasThat commented 7 years ago

yep that's right

WuTheFWasThat commented 7 years ago

but i think you meant user vimflow*

WuTheFWasThat commented 7 years ago

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