My very own WebOS
By
@Vestige
- 5 Devlogs
- 18 Total hours
A custom, web-based desktop environment called My OS .
Ship #1
Pending review
I made a Web OS. A top status bar tracks a localized clock, the system name, and a banner reading “You learn something new everyday!”. On the left side of the screen, desktop shortcuts for “Notes” and “Fortfact” sit next to an open, stylized “Welcome” window that explains the system’s core capabilities. In the bottom right corner, a window states that the environment has initialized successfully. At the start getting the features up and running was challenging but over time as I progressed and got used to it I was able to get it up and running and add new features and code freely without needing too much help. I am proud that I have built this because I have never done coding a web page before and it was a wonderful experience. But, if you asked me for one thing in my Web OS that I am especially proud of I would say that would be my notes app because I am so happy with how I built it so far and the new features I added to it that makes it uniquely mine. Along the way I accomplished stuff and improved stuff but I also ran into errors and problems in my code which was frustrating and sometimes shocking because I had expected it to work. To test my project you can just click the link I have put in or click the link I have put in my ReadMe and it launches directly from there, no extra steps!
47m 44s logged
Progress, Polishing, and a Sudden Deployment Scare!
Hey everyone! Since I wasn’t able to write much in my last devlog—because I was low on time and only posted a few sentences as a summary—I’ve decided to write more this time.
I’ve been chipping away at the Fortfact app and just pushed some fun updates. I’ve expanded the pool of content with a handful of brand-new facts and fortunes for you to discover, and I also refreshed the text in the welcome box to make it a bit more inviting. I also gave the UI a little makeover—I shrunk the welcome window’s overall size so it feels less intrusive, and tucked it neatly into the bottom-right corner of the screen and changed the text inside it.
Behind the scenes, I also took some time to dive into the codebase and refine a few areas that felt a bit rushed and messy during the initial build.
It wasn’t all smooth sailing, though. I ran into a massive roadblock trying to deploy to GitHub Pages. For a moment, everything broke and it gave me quite a shock! It took a solid chunk of troubleshooting time, but I managed to untangle the issue and get everything live.
2h 37m 47s logged
I added a new app that gives you a fortune or fact and i refined the code in places.
7h 34m 15s logged
ok, so i ran into a few bugs when i was doing this and it took me a surprising amount of time to fix it but finally I fixed it! yay for me! anyway, after that i put in a few more additions to my notes app, like putting in buttons to open a brand new note or delete one or to save your current note.
4h 44m 3s logged
I’ve created the first app!!! and I’ve added detail to it : letting you open it , close it, edit it, move it and resize it! I’ve put some base text into it but the user can change that text or add to it. Next I’m going to learn and develop this wonderful thing more!
2h 34m 29s logged
I’ve been working on the welcome page .It took me some time to get it working right, and I’ve finally got it to . I’ve put an image as the background and also have done a simple message. I have just finished doing the top bar (with a clock) as well as a draggable window.
