Episode 6 - Web apps and websockets

December 15, 2023

This week, Jenn shows off her favorite projects from the community and continues her websockets journey and submission to this month's "gift-giving" code jam! 🍓 🍓

Catch all the previous episodes of Glitch Jams Live here in Youtube playlist form

Prerequisites: no coding experience necessary, just the urge to see cool apps. The live coding part may be a little hard to follow if you don't have JavaScript experience, but we encourage you to ask question in the chat and comments! Learn more about Glitch Community Code Jams: https://glitch.com/jams

News/updates

• It's time for the community to choose! What were the apps that delighted you, either from the community or your own - our Last Year on Glitch 2023 call for nominations are open until December 22nd.
• Next week is going to be our last live stream of 2023, we appreciate you all who join us live and beyond!

App of the week

• ~youtune allows you to wander through the internet cafe open mic night, viewing previously unseen original songs. CW: unmoderated content!
• Submit your favorite apps to be featured!

Building Glitch

We need your help with our next phase of improving Node support (ie. we’re deprecating very old versions 6 + 8)! Today is the deadline for updating projects using Node 8 and below

• Read more about this on our blog
• And here's our help doc on Node versions.

Keep an eye on the Building Glitch category in the forum for future updates and to share your own ideas and feedback.

Glitch Community Code Jams

• ~giftgiving is a gift you and I won't forget, thank you Tiago
• Remember to go to glitch.com/jams to learn more and see how to participate (or just stick around this episode, it's your life)

The Gallery

• ~remote-hands is an app that a coworker reminded me of that Potch made awhile back using websockets!
• ~scrollcomic is an app that you can scroll through a comic in 3d with, a very cool experiment by @emmettbaber
• Speaking of 3D, A-frame cocreator @dmarcos made ~a-watch, a watch interface component for your 3D worlds.
• ~centerofthe finds a center location so you can meet in the middle!
• happy glitch-iversary to stefan bohocek who joined the Glitch support forum 7 years ago this week!

Let's jam

• Here's Jenn's Websocket journey playlist
• Let's continue to code the gift-giving jam submission ~jelly-raspy-plier.