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Hey HN! And welcome to a hill I'm willing to die on. I've been teaching myself basic HTML/JS/CSS to begin my webdev journey and this is the first project I've
by charliebwrites 4y ago
Hey HN! And welcome to a hill I'm willing to die on.
I've been teaching myself basic HTML/JS/CSS to begin my webdev journey and this is the first project I've put together.
It was recommended to me to make a project I'm passionate about so that I'm motivated to keep learning and get something real out there.
Well here it is: SkyrimOnMacWhen.com!
Its been far too long since Skyrim came out for there to be no release for the Mac. We've had ports for everything! PS3/4/5 Xbox360/One/XS, hell even Alexa got a port...
As a Mac user who has to carry around a laptop for work anyway, it would be great to have a port to macOS, as their target base is at least as big as some of the other ports that got attention.
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Quick FAQ:
* Why did you choose Potential User Base as a metric, why not <X>?
I thought about it for exactly 30 seconds and made a choice. This is more effort than Bethesda Softworks put in to making Skyrim on the Mac
* Why did you use <Y> as a data source, or choose <Z> timeframe? I think <A>, <B>, or <C> would be better
It turns out its _really_ hard to find true sales data for various consoles, PCs, etc. At least for free, via Google. If you have a good source, please lmk.
* Why does your CSS look so bad?
I'm so bad at design thinking I could screw up a stick figure
* Why didnt you use <X> technology to make your site?
I started learning web dev like two weeks ago, between a full time job and a sub par social life I'm trying to keep going. I havent had time to learn anything else.
* Who hurt you..?
A lot of people, but Bethesda Softworks mostly
- lfkdev 4y agoUse a framework like Bootstrap or Bulma, your website will look ten times better with no effort. But cool project!
- surfer7837 4y agoNah this page load instantly for me, I like it. All Bootstrap websites look the same to me.
- lfkdev 4y agoBootstrap sites are also loading instantly. If you prefer a basic html from 1990, you are not the average user.
- surfer7837 4y agoDoubtful, especially on a 3G/4G connection. You're not an average user if you're on a Gigabit connection running the latest CPU
- benbenolson 4y agoDefeats the purpose of the project.
- Kaze404 4y agoNice website! Programming is the most fun when you're applying it to something you personally care about, so you're in a great position already.
- smegsicle 4y agoif you wanted something fun to do server-side, you could calculate #skyrimCounter and bake it into the html rather than displaying a noscript error
- fmorel 4y agoBut either way, thank you for using noscript only for the counter and not to blank out the entire page! So many websites these days don't load at all without JavaScript.