I have been using Postman for a little over 4 years now, and I appreciate the wonderful work done by the Postman Team and community at large. I, however have the following observations, based on my usage:
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It should be easy and seamless to use Postman when connected to the internet and when offline. This never was an issue, and it is until recently when i started having power issues at my home office that i realised how important it is to have both features available. I understand that the Postman Team has valid reasons as to why this was implemented the way it was, but I believe many people are struggling with this. The idea of a Scratchpad does feel a bit detached from my workspace. It even sounds so TEMPORARY.
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I should be able to work alone, on the same collection, with an option to back up to the cloud if I so choose.
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When collaborating with others, I should have the power to work offline and sync the changes with the rest of the team whenever online.
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Before code goes online, it must be developed and tested locally. Using the same analogy, it makes sense to have the ability to test local APIs, without necessarily being connected to the internet.
Considering everyone, it is not so practical to enforce that users must be online to enjoy the features that make Postman awesome. Some have intermittent power supply - no wifi when power is off, some have restrictive Internet connections at their respective work stations, and a whole other collection of issues (no pun intended).
Once again, I appreciate the amazing work by the Postman team + community.
Let’s keep making the tool awesome!