Front-end keynote
summary
Built an in-browser pixel editor make8bitart.com, then a web IDE Glitch.com that runs full‑stack Node apps, supports multiuser editing, uses CodeMirror, and autodeploys projects to public URLs. Projects can export to GitHub or zip, site launched in February, make8bitart has ~12 contributors, team enforces a 128MB limit for free containers, accessibility audits hit modal focus and keyboard navigation, and deployed apps power A‑frame demos and third‑party integrations.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Start
- 3:03talking about it
- 7:18Fog Creek SOFTWARE
- 8:16the friendly community where you'll build the app of your dreams!
- 14:48building for the web is easy
- 18:08our tools are far from perfect
- 26:58open source
- 38:01software is made by and for humans
- 39:26use code to solve those problems
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