README.md

Useless Interface

A collection of UIs that do the wrong things well. Contributions welcome.

Local development

Getting started

1. Clone the repo
2. make test to run the test suite
3. make run to start the development server
4. Open your browser to http://localhost:3000/

Adding a new useless interface

1. Copy one of the apps in src/apps/:template to src/apps/:newthing.

2. make run.

3. Your project should be visible at localhost:3000/:newthing. Follow whatever file structure you please, so long as the following two files exist:

   • layout.html.ejs to render your HTML template
   • index.js to boostrap your client-side JS

Tech in use

• Preact for UI components
• esbuild for bundling assets
• Express to handle requests
• Google Cloud Run for hosting