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SurveyJS
Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.
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audience-minutes
generate statistics on the number of audience minutes your site is generating, and if readers make it to the end of your screeds
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InfluxDB
Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.
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bostontraintrack
Discontinued Simple real time tracking of the Boston Red, Orange and Blue metro lines using Open Street Map (via OpenLayers) and the MBTA's real time metro tracking. (service is now shut down)
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Bootstrap
The most popular HTML, CSS, and JavaScript framework for developing responsive, mobile first projects on the web.
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SaaSHub
SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews. SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives
Surprised nobody’s mentioned streamlit yet.
Maybe I’m misunderstanding your use case, but if you want to create web apps out of your backend work, streamlit may be your ticket for “easy to understand on the back end, hyper-simple front end.”
At least worth giving it a look.
https://streamlit.io/
Little bit unconventional, but try writing your front end in Elm, and use the elm-ui library to avoid writing html or javascript.
It compiles to javascript and will generate a an index.html for you if you want.
Elm is highly opinionated… maybe you’ll love it, or maybe you’ll hate it, but it’s a good fit for what you want to do.
https://elm-lang.org/
For styling, depending on the look and feel you are shooting for, I would suggest either a classless CSS library like https://watercss.kognise.dev/ or (the one I sponsor) https://missing.style
Or, if you want something a bit fancier and are willing to put in some work, Bulma is easy to get going with:
https://bulma.io/
If you want to sprinkle in some fancy-pants AJAX functionality without going full JS front-end retard, I recommend my own library, htmx:
https://htmx.org/examples
For styling, depending on the look and feel you are shooting for, I would suggest either a classless CSS library like https://watercss.kognise.dev/ or (the one I sponsor) https://missing.style
Or, if you want something a bit fancier and are willing to put in some work, Bulma is easy to get going with:
https://bulma.io/
If you want to sprinkle in some fancy-pants AJAX functionality without going full JS front-end retard, I recommend my own library, htmx:
https://htmx.org/examples
Here's my personal goto:
Find some minimal CSS framework. My preference is Skeleton [0] or Bootstrap [1]. The key is just finding something minimal that works without too much fuss. Personally, I rather have a minimal framework provide 'responsiveness' so I don't have to worry about it but I also want it to get out of the way of anything I do.
Use JQuery [2]. Don't rely on CSS for animations or interactivity. In theory CSS does a lot. In practice it's a nightmare to use and to get it play well with whatever else I'm doing in the page.
Write in "bare" HTML and "vanilla" JavaScript. Don't use a static site generator and don't use a JavaScript framework.
Port in JavaScript libraries as needed. Some of the ones I tend to use are numeric.js [3], downlaod.js [4] and audience-minutes [5]. If you're doing spreadsheet things, maybe there's some JS package out there that will help.
Doing "raw" HTML/"vanilla" JavaScript makes me effectively unhirable but for limited scope side projects where I have full control and want to minimize bit-rot, this is fine.
The point is to create something that's minimal and focuses on functionality. The CSS is just there to make it not look like a Web 1.0 page but otherwise steps out of the way to focus on the actual usage of the application.
For context, here are some projects where I've used this philosophy (all open source, feel free to pilfer): Noixer [6], Resonator Voyant Tarot [7], Boston Train Track (now defunct) [8], CalebHarrington.com (an artist friend) [9], What Is This License [10], HSV Hero [11].
[0] http://getskeleton.com/
[1] https://getbootstrap.com/
[2] https://jquery.com/
[3] https://github.com/sloisel/numeric
[4] https://github.com/rndme/download
[5] https://github.com/berthubert/audience-minutes
[6] https://mechaelephant.com/noixer/
[7] https://abetusk.github.io/ResonatorVoyantTarot/
[8] https://github.com/abetusk/bostontraintrack
[9] https://calebharrington.com/
[10] https://mechaelephant.com/whatisthislicense/
[11] https://mechaelephant.com/hsvhero
Here's my personal goto:
Find some minimal CSS framework. My preference is Skeleton [0] or Bootstrap [1]. The key is just finding something minimal that works without too much fuss. Personally, I rather have a minimal framework provide 'responsiveness' so I don't have to worry about it but I also want it to get out of the way of anything I do.
Use JQuery [2]. Don't rely on CSS for animations or interactivity. In theory CSS does a lot. In practice it's a nightmare to use and to get it play well with whatever else I'm doing in the page.
Write in "bare" HTML and "vanilla" JavaScript. Don't use a static site generator and don't use a JavaScript framework.
Port in JavaScript libraries as needed. Some of the ones I tend to use are numeric.js [3], downlaod.js [4] and audience-minutes [5]. If you're doing spreadsheet things, maybe there's some JS package out there that will help.
Doing "raw" HTML/"vanilla" JavaScript makes me effectively unhirable but for limited scope side projects where I have full control and want to minimize bit-rot, this is fine.
The point is to create something that's minimal and focuses on functionality. The CSS is just there to make it not look like a Web 1.0 page but otherwise steps out of the way to focus on the actual usage of the application.
For context, here are some projects where I've used this philosophy (all open source, feel free to pilfer): Noixer [6], Resonator Voyant Tarot [7], Boston Train Track (now defunct) [8], CalebHarrington.com (an artist friend) [9], What Is This License [10], HSV Hero [11].
[0] http://getskeleton.com/
[1] https://getbootstrap.com/
[2] https://jquery.com/
[3] https://github.com/sloisel/numeric
[4] https://github.com/rndme/download
[5] https://github.com/berthubert/audience-minutes
[6] https://mechaelephant.com/noixer/
[7] https://abetusk.github.io/ResonatorVoyantTarot/
[8] https://github.com/abetusk/bostontraintrack
[9] https://calebharrington.com/
[10] https://mechaelephant.com/whatisthislicense/
[11] https://mechaelephant.com/hsvhero
Here's my personal goto:
Find some minimal CSS framework. My preference is Skeleton [0] or Bootstrap [1]. The key is just finding something minimal that works without too much fuss. Personally, I rather have a minimal framework provide 'responsiveness' so I don't have to worry about it but I also want it to get out of the way of anything I do.
Use JQuery [2]. Don't rely on CSS for animations or interactivity. In theory CSS does a lot. In practice it's a nightmare to use and to get it play well with whatever else I'm doing in the page.
Write in "bare" HTML and "vanilla" JavaScript. Don't use a static site generator and don't use a JavaScript framework.
Port in JavaScript libraries as needed. Some of the ones I tend to use are numeric.js [3], downlaod.js [4] and audience-minutes [5]. If you're doing spreadsheet things, maybe there's some JS package out there that will help.
Doing "raw" HTML/"vanilla" JavaScript makes me effectively unhirable but for limited scope side projects where I have full control and want to minimize bit-rot, this is fine.
The point is to create something that's minimal and focuses on functionality. The CSS is just there to make it not look like a Web 1.0 page but otherwise steps out of the way to focus on the actual usage of the application.
For context, here are some projects where I've used this philosophy (all open source, feel free to pilfer): Noixer [6], Resonator Voyant Tarot [7], Boston Train Track (now defunct) [8], CalebHarrington.com (an artist friend) [9], What Is This License [10], HSV Hero [11].
[0] http://getskeleton.com/
[1] https://getbootstrap.com/
[2] https://jquery.com/
[3] https://github.com/sloisel/numeric
[4] https://github.com/rndme/download
[5] https://github.com/berthubert/audience-minutes
[6] https://mechaelephant.com/noixer/
[7] https://abetusk.github.io/ResonatorVoyantTarot/
[8] https://github.com/abetusk/bostontraintrack
[9] https://calebharrington.com/
[10] https://mechaelephant.com/whatisthislicense/
[11] https://mechaelephant.com/hsvhero
Here's my personal goto:
Find some minimal CSS framework. My preference is Skeleton [0] or Bootstrap [1]. The key is just finding something minimal that works without too much fuss. Personally, I rather have a minimal framework provide 'responsiveness' so I don't have to worry about it but I also want it to get out of the way of anything I do.
Use JQuery [2]. Don't rely on CSS for animations or interactivity. In theory CSS does a lot. In practice it's a nightmare to use and to get it play well with whatever else I'm doing in the page.
Write in "bare" HTML and "vanilla" JavaScript. Don't use a static site generator and don't use a JavaScript framework.
Port in JavaScript libraries as needed. Some of the ones I tend to use are numeric.js [3], downlaod.js [4] and audience-minutes [5]. If you're doing spreadsheet things, maybe there's some JS package out there that will help.
Doing "raw" HTML/"vanilla" JavaScript makes me effectively unhirable but for limited scope side projects where I have full control and want to minimize bit-rot, this is fine.
The point is to create something that's minimal and focuses on functionality. The CSS is just there to make it not look like a Web 1.0 page but otherwise steps out of the way to focus on the actual usage of the application.
For context, here are some projects where I've used this philosophy (all open source, feel free to pilfer): Noixer [6], Resonator Voyant Tarot [7], Boston Train Track (now defunct) [8], CalebHarrington.com (an artist friend) [9], What Is This License [10], HSV Hero [11].
[0] http://getskeleton.com/
[1] https://getbootstrap.com/
[2] https://jquery.com/
[3] https://github.com/sloisel/numeric
[4] https://github.com/rndme/download
[5] https://github.com/berthubert/audience-minutes
[6] https://mechaelephant.com/noixer/
[7] https://abetusk.github.io/ResonatorVoyantTarot/
[8] https://github.com/abetusk/bostontraintrack
[9] https://calebharrington.com/
[10] https://mechaelephant.com/whatisthislicense/
[11] https://mechaelephant.com/hsvhero
Here's my personal goto:
Find some minimal CSS framework. My preference is Skeleton [0] or Bootstrap [1]. The key is just finding something minimal that works without too much fuss. Personally, I rather have a minimal framework provide 'responsiveness' so I don't have to worry about it but I also want it to get out of the way of anything I do.
Use JQuery [2]. Don't rely on CSS for animations or interactivity. In theory CSS does a lot. In practice it's a nightmare to use and to get it play well with whatever else I'm doing in the page.
Write in "bare" HTML and "vanilla" JavaScript. Don't use a static site generator and don't use a JavaScript framework.
Port in JavaScript libraries as needed. Some of the ones I tend to use are numeric.js [3], downlaod.js [4] and audience-minutes [5]. If you're doing spreadsheet things, maybe there's some JS package out there that will help.
Doing "raw" HTML/"vanilla" JavaScript makes me effectively unhirable but for limited scope side projects where I have full control and want to minimize bit-rot, this is fine.
The point is to create something that's minimal and focuses on functionality. The CSS is just there to make it not look like a Web 1.0 page but otherwise steps out of the way to focus on the actual usage of the application.
For context, here are some projects where I've used this philosophy (all open source, feel free to pilfer): Noixer [6], Resonator Voyant Tarot [7], Boston Train Track (now defunct) [8], CalebHarrington.com (an artist friend) [9], What Is This License [10], HSV Hero [11].
[0] http://getskeleton.com/
[1] https://getbootstrap.com/
[2] https://jquery.com/
[3] https://github.com/sloisel/numeric
[4] https://github.com/rndme/download
[5] https://github.com/berthubert/audience-minutes
[6] https://mechaelephant.com/noixer/
[7] https://abetusk.github.io/ResonatorVoyantTarot/
[8] https://github.com/abetusk/bostontraintrack
[9] https://calebharrington.com/
[10] https://mechaelephant.com/whatisthislicense/
[11] https://mechaelephant.com/hsvhero
Here's my personal goto:
Find some minimal CSS framework. My preference is Skeleton [0] or Bootstrap [1]. The key is just finding something minimal that works without too much fuss. Personally, I rather have a minimal framework provide 'responsiveness' so I don't have to worry about it but I also want it to get out of the way of anything I do.
Use JQuery [2]. Don't rely on CSS for animations or interactivity. In theory CSS does a lot. In practice it's a nightmare to use and to get it play well with whatever else I'm doing in the page.
Write in "bare" HTML and "vanilla" JavaScript. Don't use a static site generator and don't use a JavaScript framework.
Port in JavaScript libraries as needed. Some of the ones I tend to use are numeric.js [3], downlaod.js [4] and audience-minutes [5]. If you're doing spreadsheet things, maybe there's some JS package out there that will help.
Doing "raw" HTML/"vanilla" JavaScript makes me effectively unhirable but for limited scope side projects where I have full control and want to minimize bit-rot, this is fine.
The point is to create something that's minimal and focuses on functionality. The CSS is just there to make it not look like a Web 1.0 page but otherwise steps out of the way to focus on the actual usage of the application.
For context, here are some projects where I've used this philosophy (all open source, feel free to pilfer): Noixer [6], Resonator Voyant Tarot [7], Boston Train Track (now defunct) [8], CalebHarrington.com (an artist friend) [9], What Is This License [10], HSV Hero [11].
[0] http://getskeleton.com/
[1] https://getbootstrap.com/
[2] https://jquery.com/
[3] https://github.com/sloisel/numeric
[4] https://github.com/rndme/download
[5] https://github.com/berthubert/audience-minutes
[6] https://mechaelephant.com/noixer/
[7] https://abetusk.github.io/ResonatorVoyantTarot/
[8] https://github.com/abetusk/bostontraintrack
[9] https://calebharrington.com/
[10] https://mechaelephant.com/whatisthislicense/
[11] https://mechaelephant.com/hsvhero
Here's my personal goto:
Find some minimal CSS framework. My preference is Skeleton [0] or Bootstrap [1]. The key is just finding something minimal that works without too much fuss. Personally, I rather have a minimal framework provide 'responsiveness' so I don't have to worry about it but I also want it to get out of the way of anything I do.
Use JQuery [2]. Don't rely on CSS for animations or interactivity. In theory CSS does a lot. In practice it's a nightmare to use and to get it play well with whatever else I'm doing in the page.
Write in "bare" HTML and "vanilla" JavaScript. Don't use a static site generator and don't use a JavaScript framework.
Port in JavaScript libraries as needed. Some of the ones I tend to use are numeric.js [3], downlaod.js [4] and audience-minutes [5]. If you're doing spreadsheet things, maybe there's some JS package out there that will help.
Doing "raw" HTML/"vanilla" JavaScript makes me effectively unhirable but for limited scope side projects where I have full control and want to minimize bit-rot, this is fine.
The point is to create something that's minimal and focuses on functionality. The CSS is just there to make it not look like a Web 1.0 page but otherwise steps out of the way to focus on the actual usage of the application.
For context, here are some projects where I've used this philosophy (all open source, feel free to pilfer): Noixer [6], Resonator Voyant Tarot [7], Boston Train Track (now defunct) [8], CalebHarrington.com (an artist friend) [9], What Is This License [10], HSV Hero [11].
[0] http://getskeleton.com/
[1] https://getbootstrap.com/
[2] https://jquery.com/
[3] https://github.com/sloisel/numeric
[4] https://github.com/rndme/download
[5] https://github.com/berthubert/audience-minutes
[6] https://mechaelephant.com/noixer/
[7] https://abetusk.github.io/ResonatorVoyantTarot/
[8] https://github.com/abetusk/bostontraintrack
[9] https://calebharrington.com/
[10] https://mechaelephant.com/whatisthislicense/
[11] https://mechaelephant.com/hsvhero
You could pay a front end dev to use a preexisting template.
Or, you could Google “classless CSS”, if you’re OK writing some HTML.
I made a plug and play CSS library here for those that don’t want to write CSS: https://github.com/andybrewer/mvp
I use a simple serverside framework such as ExpressJS or FlaskJS, which routes URL requests to HTML page responses.
Served by NGINX on a Linux server. I host with DigitalOcean for $6/month
I use a CSS Framework template. I like Bulma for its simplicity: https://bulmatemplates.github.io/bulma-templates/
Summary of things to google:
- simple Serverside framework for
- Digital ocean nginx tutorial
- CSS Framework Template