A place for developers to talk about building on Farcaster.

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what are your top problems when building mini apps? e.g.
- frontend components are hard to build
- transactions are hard to create
- etc. 

looking for ways to make mini app development simpler

building farcaster infra @ /neynar 🪐 | casting @ /rish

One of this biggest dev advantages of v1 frames, is that they are effectively headless. The client provides the front end and the dev needs to only create some server functions. Mini apps add front end design and client-side code into the mix, making them 5X to 10X more effort, IMO. Templates and other design resources could be helpful to bridge the gap…

frame developer, web3 developer, long distance runner /streme /pixelnouns /frm /degendogs /degenfers /toka /maxis

I think it would be valuable to “off-the-shelf” design components that devs could combine to suit, such as:
- tab bar nav (iOS app style
- menu nav with sign in / avatar element 
- slide up modals ( the ones used by W rewards app are cool)
- cards, forms, buttons, tables, user pickers, etc

what kind of designs / frontend components presented the biggest challenges?