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https://github.com/cheeaun/hackerweb
A simply readable Hacker News web app
https://github.com/cheeaun/hackerweb
css hacker-news hacker-news-client hacker-news-reader javascript web-app
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A simply readable Hacker News web app
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/cheeaun/hackerweb
- Owner: cheeaun
- Created: 2011-10-16T11:55:47.000Z (about 13 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2024-04-22T03:38:32.000Z (8 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-08-01T08:06:30.760Z (4 months ago)
- Topics: css, hacker-news, hacker-news-client, hacker-news-reader, javascript, web-app
- Language: CSS
- Homepage: http://hackerwebapp.com/
- Size: 8.54 MB
- Stars: 1,224
- Watchers: 36
- Forks: 134
- Open Issues: 28
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml
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README
HackerWeb
=========
A simply readable Hacker News web app.
About
-----
This project started as one of my silly mini-projects. I create this initially to try out iOS 5+ Mobile Safari's new `-webkit-overflow-scrolling: touch` CSS support. I need some sort of content for scrolling, so why not [Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/)' stories? I'm also trying something called [Fake it 'til you make it](http://snook.ca/archives/conferences/fake-it) which I make the web app looks (and feels) like a native mobile app. In this case, like a native iOS app. If the web app is loaded on non-iOS devices, it'll switch to the 'web' theme which is like a generic theme for other browsers and platforms.
Read my two-part blog post on how I built this web app:
- [How I built the Hacker News mobile web app](http://cheeaun.com/blog/2012/03/how-i-built-hacker-news-mobile-web-app) ([HN thread](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3662709))
- [How I built the Hacker News mobile web app, Part 2](http://cheeaun.com/blog/2012/03/how-i-built-hacker-news-mobile-web-app_26) ([HN thread](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3756771))
Also read my introductory post, [Introducing HackerWeb](http://cheeaun.com/blog/2012/12/introducing-hackerweb).
Technical stuff
---------------
This web app works best on iOS 5+ Mobile Safari (iOS theme) and other modern browsers (web theme). It uses these wonderful scripts:
- [Hogan.js](https://github.com/twitter/hogan.js) - logic-less templating
- [Amplify.Store](http://amplifyjs.com/api/store/) - client-side storage
- ruto.js - `location.hash` router
- iOS
- [Tappable](https://github.com/cheeaun/tappable) - touch-friendly tap events
- [Tween.js](https://github.com/sole/tween.js) - simple tweening engine
- Web
- ibento.js - simple event delegation
- [classList.js](https://github.com/eligrey/classList.js) - shim for `element.classList`
- Vanilla JavaScript - everything else
Also uses the [unofficial Hacker News API](https://github.com/cheeaun/node-hnapi/).
Development stuff
--------------------
### Prerequisites
```
git clone git://github.com/cheeaun/hackerweb.git
cd hackerweb/
npm install
```
### [Grunt](http://gruntjs.com/) tasks
- `grunt templates` - Compile templates in `templates/*` to generate `assets/js/templates.js`
- `grunt uglify` - Concat and minify JavaScript files in `assets/js/*` to generate `js/*`
- `grunt watch` - Watch the templates and scripts, run `templates` and `uglify` tasks when they're changed
- `grunt embedImage` - Embed images into CSS files. This will parse CSS files in `assets/css/*` and change this (any lines with `url()`):
```
background-image: url(PATH); /* embedImages:url(PATH) */
```
... into this:
```
background-image: url(data:DATAURI); /* embedImages:url(PATH) */
```
- `grunt connect` - Run a local dev server. Arguments:
- `--port=XX` - specify a custom port number
- `grunt server` - Run both `watch` and `connect` tasks at the same time
Contributing and Feedback
-------------------------
Feel free to fork, file some issues or [tweet your feedback](https://twitter.com/cheeaun) to me.
Do check out these awesome contributions as well:
- [Bookmarklet to switch between HackerNews and HackerWeb](https://gist.github.com/duncansmart/4672084) by [duncansmart](https://github.com/duncansmart)
- [HNmobile Bookmarklet](http://neocoder.github.com/hnmbookmarklet/) by [neocoder](https://github.com/neocoder)
- [Hacker News Menu Tab](http://www.guidefreitas.com/2012/03/hacker-news-menu-tab.html) ([GitHub](https://github.com/guidefreitas/HNewsTab)) by Guilherme Defreitas
License
-------
[MIT](http://cheeaun.mit-license.org/).
Other similar apps
------------------
This is the not the first third-party app for Hacker News. Others have tried doing the same thing, despite some slight differences. I've compiled [a list of apps here](https://github.com/cheeaun/awesome-hacker-news).