So having discovered Live.js and Turbowatch and then deciding to write my own simple file watcher using a shell script and Live.js as a reloader, I wondered… do you need to poll?
WebSockets was an option for sending server-side changes to the browser. But too complex for my needs.
Then I found this ancient Server-Side Events API that's been around since Chrome version 6! And it's PERFECT!
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Server-sent_events/
This is brilliantly nerdy and geek-funny. A chap who visited roads named after every day of the year. 5 min lightning talk.
Dang it – didn't quite get everything updated. But a @chriscoyier post referenced Turbowatch and Live.js as a simple file watcher/browser reloader combo.
I want something simpler than Turbowatch though, and more modern than Live.js.
Live.js also didn't work with Laravel Valet. š¢
BUT… I got it all working! It's 55 lines of shell script and 10k of modernised JS (uncompressed). I will build it into my small static site template and write up soon!!
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Iāve been thinking a lot about code style recently. Naming conventions. Simple refactors. Stuff like that.
I canāt think of who in #WordPress is doing this (outside of recommending PHPCS and WPCS).
Am I missing something/someone? Or is this a gap that needs filling?
This Dragons Den pitch (UKās Shark Tank) had me giggling the other day. Itās a masterpiece of editing to bring out all the non-verbal communication and very funny.
I was also discussing sport with a Canadian this week and she told me that because āhockeyā means āice hockeyā by default they need a term for hockey-on-grass.
And that term is āfloor hockeyā
Which for some reason makes me giggle.
Words that Americans seem to use a lot that I think carry cultural weight that I, as a Brit, donāt understand:
– ācompellingā (as in āThatās a compelling toolā)
– āappreciateā (as in āI appreciate you.ā)
I wonder what I say that carries cultural weight that my other-side-of-the-pond colleagues donāt understand.
Today will also require careful management of sugar/caffeine levels. Will be very easy to overdo it.
Yes, Iām middle-aged and these are the things I think about now when Iām socialising. š
Iām travelling to London today toā¦ errā¦ socialise with people in real life?!
Will I remember how?
Tips/advice?
Best worst advice wins.
This is a great post. I feel so much of senior dev woe!
Falsehoods Junior Developers believe about becoming Senior https://vadimkravcenko.com/shorts/falsehoods-junior-developers-believe-about-becoming-senior/
Does this make sense to anyone? Is it cheaper to buy/hire an umbrella when itās raining?
My friend Tim is running a workshop. Heās really very smart, has a TON of experience, and heās entertaining too:
āI'm running a workshop on how to clean a hacked #WordPress Site, it's on the 21st March and I hope I can tempt you to come! I'm excited, I think I have managed to get the balance between technical and accessible, so that it genuinely is useful to everyone.ā
Hang onā¦ ChatGPTās voice is terrible at reading out long strings of digits? What?!
(Sound onā¦)
@gilest Hello fellow Wiltshire person! I seem to follow you already and I feel like weāve interacted before. But hello again! Thanks for following.
Hang onā¦ which newsletter am I reading here? This isnāt The Tavern?
(Inside-Baseball WordPressers know what I mean!)
Another week, another single-page web app gets spun up. These are the new domain names. š
This one is secret for now. But real fun to make.
Figuring out in-browser background removal with JS/CSS. Plus turning HTML into images to print.
Cool stuff!
I really need to bookmark my open tabs! š¬
Wowza! 17th on the global leaderboard for Words In Progress?! š
US Politics + āOh my eyes!ā design.
Even if you thought Trump was a good politician, would you really look at this and think youād want to spend $400 on them?
Keep scrolling tooā¦ thereās a VERY special offer at the bottom.
Here it is then: My manifesto for small, static web apps.
If you wish to comment/reply on this, please read the intro on what a manifesto is before you do.
https://rosswintle.uk/2024/02/a-manifesto-for-small-static-web-apps/
With that in mind the summary is:
– Static first/only
– No login
– Don't store user data
– Use the smallest JS library possible
– Use web standards as much as possible
– Use simple build steps that won't break
– āDoneā is a goal
– Zero-maintenance (and easy maintenance) is a goal
– Donāt minify
– Be accessible