I built a tiny logic game in plain JavaScript — no frameworks, no accounts, no tracking. Just logic.

Then I turned it into a Progressive Web App with two files and ~50 lines of code, skipping the app stores entirely.

Why?
No ads, no data collection, no fees — just a puzzle that works offline.

📖 How I did it (with code):
https://dev.to/yosolita1978/bulls-cows-goes-offline-how-i-turned-my-game-into-a-pwa-and-skipped-the-100-app-store-fee-3h4o

🎮 Play the game:
https://www.picasyfijas.com

If you’re building for the web and wondering whether “native” is really necessary — maybe it isn’t.

#WebDev #JavaScript #PWA #IndieDev #NoFrameworks

Bulls & Cows Goes Offline — How I Turned My Game Into a PWA (and Skipped the $100 App Store Fee)

Remember my Bulls & Cows game? The one with no frameworks, no AI, just vanilla JS? Well, I made...

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I added two new features to my custom markup: proper subheadings and an auto-TOC. Big win for readability and wayfinding. Example: https://hisvirusness.com/now

#webdev #indieweb #hVmark #flatfile #noframeworks #smallweb

/now :: HisVirusness

This is the /now page of HisVirusness.com.

HisVirusness

I liked #HamsterCMS; its simple design and without database seemed attractive.
https://github.com/turboblack/HamsterCMS

#php #cms #flatfile #nodatabase #noframeworks #smallweb #smolweb

GitHub - turboblack/HamsterCMS: Flat file cms HamsterCMS is the world's smallest and very simple multi-template flatfile PHP content management system

Flat file cms HamsterCMS is the world's smallest and very simple multi-template flatfile PHP content management system - turboblack/HamsterCMS

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🍧 Plain Vanilla

by Joeri Sebrechts @joeri_s

An explainer for doing web development using only vanilla techniques. No tools, no frameworks — just HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

#VanillaWebDev #webdev #html #css #js #VanillaJS #noframeworks

https://plainvanillaweb.com/

Plain Vanilla

An explainer for web development using only vanilla techniques. No tools, no frameworks — just HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

I wrote a bit about my eurobingo game https://soledadpenades.com/posts/2024/eurobingo/ - discussing #tdd #javascript #vanillajs #css #noframeworks #keyboardnavigation and other things that you can fit under 22kb of size
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