From my #presentation to the Fredericksburg Developer Group: The Progressive Web App Philosophy. If you couldn’t make it, check out the slides below. And the source for the 10 Minute PWA demo is on Github.
Christmas Ghost Break Room
Not #web #development related but I had this idea over a decade ago and finally fleshed it out: Once a year the spirits of #Christmas visit a troubled soul and show them the error of their ways. Grab a sneak peak behind the scenes as the ghosts of Christmas past and future relax while their… Read the full article
CSS Blurry Christmas Lights
Lots of blurry colored lights make for a great #holiday background. I set out to create a procedurally generated background that could be tweaked easily. The effect uses a pure #css solution. #SASS variables are used to simplify the color application. This demo uses JavaScript to randomize the color and position of the lights.
Flickering Zeta o’ Lantern Pumpkin
Tweet A Game With nano JAMMER
nano JAMMER by @CasualEffects is a fun little toy for game developers. The goal is to write an entire video game using only 280 characters of source code. The language offers a few dozen sprites, 32 color palette, and variables named as greek letters. All designed to keep the character count down. I made some… Read the full article
AR In The Browser
Trying out AR.js, a browser based AR solution that works remarkably well. It uses a trigger image to anchor an #AFrame scene and overlays a phone camera preview. You can get the trigger image here. Either print it or display it on another screen. Then grab a smartphone and head over to ar.greenzeta.com to check… Read the full article