Episode 15 - Building a web-based screensaver

March 15, 2024

March's Glitch Community Code Jam prompt is "screensavers" and this week, we're continuing to build one. Join Jenn Schiffer as she shares all the cool apps the community shared over the last week on Glitch, and then code along on a screensaver she's going to add to her own website. 🍓

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. Learn more about Glitch Community Code Jams: https://glitch.com/jams

News/updates

• Happy 7th birthday! I wrote about the future of Glitch
• Zach Leatherman, 11ty creator, is joining us on stream next week wowowow

App of the week

• Everything about ~wonky-js, by @challah, is delightful, from the color and design, to levels of wonkiness you can tweak. Try it out!!
• Submit your favorite apps to be featured!

The Gallery

• ~b2b-postcard is a bird data inspired postcard made with p5
• ~pet-here is a crowdsourced art assignment where they asked their tumblr followers to submit stories about their pets :3
• Stefan Bohacek wrote about 15 years of running a personal website, and made a simple page building so you can hit that milestone yourself
• ~orange-3d-candle is a three.js app i made that then inspired some actual candle version of my model

Glitch Community Code Jams

Some new submissions and inspiration:

• ~screensaver-miles
• ~gradiant-rainbow-with-d0ts
• ~fish-bounce-screensaver
• some inspiration shared in the forum - css versions of some classic screensavers

Join me as I continue my submission for the #screensavers prompt, ~hello-screensaver. Let's jam 🍞🪽