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Re:Nanobox: Local development done right by gmisra on Wednesday November 18, 2015 @01:10PM (#10589550)
To save everybody some time, here is a list of the runtimes and frameworks actually supported by nanobox:

  - ruby 1.9, 2.0, 2.1, 2.2 / jruby 1.6, 1.7, 9.0
  - node 0.8, 0.10, 0.12 / iojs 2.3
  - python 2.7, 3.4
  - php 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6
      - wordpress (version unknown)
  - java openjdk 7, 8 / sunjdk 6, 7, 8 (no minor version information available)
The actual content on the "Engines" page is aspirational, to say the least. One of the first question I ask of a tech product is "is it usable today for any current projects?" - why make this question challenging for site visitors?

If they're targeting novice web developers who should follow best practices, no rails support and out-of-date node support seems like a bad place to start.

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Re:Nanobox: Local development done right by sanderson1 on Wednesday November 18, 2015 @01:17PM (#10589609)
Posted this answer to a similar question/comment:

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We (I work for Nanobox) listed all the languages we hope to support mainly as an invitation to collaborate. We admittedly do not specialize in all programming languages. Engines are open-source and those who do specialize are invited to create engines for each language. We'll even create the engine for you. We just need to know what the engine should look for and how the environment needs to be configured.

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The library of engines is in its infancy and we're working to expand it. You're absolutely right in saying that the list of engines is "aspirational". Anybody can build and publish new engines. Any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated.

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Re:Nanobox: Local development done right by gmisra on Wednesday November 18, 2015 @01:48PM (#10589844)
Aspirational is great, but I would suggest you update that page to clearly identify what is currently supported versus what is aspirational. There is probably limited overlap between your target user audience and your target collaborator audience.
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Re:Nanobox: Local development done right by tylerflint on Wednesday November 18, 2015 @01:52PM (#10589865)
I think you're right. Thanks for the advice!
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