[HN Gopher] Slingcode - App platform in a single HTML file, QR-c...
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       Slingcode - App platform in a single HTML file, QR-code
       transmittable apps
        
       Author : meiraleal
       Score  : 65 points
       Date   : 2024-08-06 01:31 UTC (21 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (slingcode.net)
 (TXT) w3m dump (slingcode.net)
        
       | rippeltippel wrote:
       | This is an awesome tool also for learning the basics of web
       | development.
       | 
       | There's a very nice playlist of tutorials [1] that cover React,
       | Vue, and several cool things that I didn't even think about.
       | 
       | Kudos to Chris for that!
       | 
       | [1]
       | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tONEHy-P7M&list=PL5dyN9XHel...
        
       | cuttysnark wrote:
       | I'm in love, I didn't know I wanted this, and now here it is.
       | With an explanation from the author that touched on things I was
       | feeling but couldn't quite but into words. To ice the cake, saved
       | the file to disk and ran it with WiFi off, just to see. Sure
       | enough, it's _all in there_ , self-contained with no fetched
       | dependencies.
       | 
       | One caveat being that in the file:// protocol URL params don't
       | work e.g. ?app=c53f8e9f-4b7a-4315-bb8a-f6557f6be30b
       | 
       | This is fixed by running a local webserver, which isn't a huge
       | deal. I'd be happy to learn of an easier way.
       | 
       | Thanks for sharing this.
        
         | meiraleal wrote:
         | Yeah slingcode is very cool! It is like a platform/IDE for apps
         | similar to tiddlywiki.
         | 
         | unfortunately it is not maintained anymore so I posted it here
         | with the hope of finding some similar project from the
         | community :) Or use it as a motivation to release a similar
         | project
        
         | recursive wrote:
         | I'm also a single file .html app distribution technology
         | enthusiast.
         | 
         | Query string parameters totally work from file://
         | 
         | I built an online sandbox that lets you create them. To prove
         | it, you can navigate here [1], then click the "Download self-
         | contained .html" item on the hamburger menu.
         | 
         | [1] https://mutraction.dev/link/z8z
        
           | replete wrote:
           | I also like single-file offline web applications, I'm hoping
           | they become more popular with the FileSystem/FileWriter APIs
           | now available in Chromiums (waiting on Safari/Firefox still
           | however).
           | 
           | I made a really simple offline HTML app for generating EFF
           | dice passphrases: https://github.com/replete/effindice
           | 
           | Only thing missing really is a CLI interface. I wonder if
           | there's a way to make HTML files executable on the command
           | line, pass through arguments as qs params.
           | 
           | The amount of times I make a little nodeJS app to do
           | something with a set of files, the webserver bit seems so
           | overkill sometimes..
        
       | dang wrote:
       | Related:
       | 
       |  _Show HN: Slingcode live-reloading web IDE to make, run, and
       | share web apps P2P_ -
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23611505 - June 2020 (11
       | comments)
        
       | recursive wrote:
       | I absolutely love this idea. The sample apps look cool, but I
       | can't get a new app to work. When I click the '+' button to make
       | a new app, the editor shows me a hello-world index.html. Clicking
       | "Run" results in a blank white pane regardless of whether I
       | target a new tab, or a side-by-side frame. I get the same
       | behavior on a downloaded copy and online.
       | 
       | I'm running Firefox on Windows.
        
       | dmje wrote:
       | Available on Yunohost[0] for those as lazy as me.
       | 
       | [0] https://yunohost.org/
        
       | prophesi wrote:
       | This is great! Is there a demo of how the peer-to-peer sharing
       | works?
        
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