Ask HN: Simple web app ideas?
Hello,
I would like to build a simple web app during my summer vacation. My main goal is to improve my JavaScript skills and create something really valuable for my portfolio. I would like to cover all the aspects of a typical web app: users profiles and roles, auth, deployment, etc.
I may have some ideas but I'm not totally happy with them. I would like it to be something more or less useful, but it could be just something fun.
Thanks and have a nice summer! ;)
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[ 30.3 ms ] story [ 551 ms ] threadFor the portfolio portion maybe tie in something that would be valuable to your typical client.
That said here are some ideas:
Simple budget app to track/project your spending/decide on purchases/project income?
Track something you collect. Lego minifigures maybe or episodes you've watched of your favorite tv show.
Budget/Time estimating tool for work projects.
A real time chat app or social media app for you and your family and/or friends.
A 'dashboard' app for you and your family, share your locations, leave messages, simple to do lists, weather tie in some apis of services you all use.
Not sure what framework you use or are planning on learning.
I've been using Laravel for a couple of years now and have been using Vue js more and more. They are a great combo and auth comes together pretty much right out of the box.
https://laracasts.com/series/whats-new-in-laravel-5-2
Laravel has some great tools
Great documentation: laravel.com
local development made easy: Homestead (Virtual Box) and Valet (a new tool for OSX that creates a lightweight server that would be perfect for your project).
Build Servers and Deployment: forge.laravel.com (setups SSLs from dashboard through LetsEncrypt).
Envoyer if you need zero down time deployment.
Nice video tutorials at Laracasts.com
Enjoy your summer vacation and good luck building a cool app.
A habit developing app
A meditation focused app
A to-do list app
A productivity focused app
Stripe plugin similar to AccountDock.io but for coupon codes. Our online interface would let you create an arbitrary number of single-use coupon codes with one click, and adding a single line of javascript to your code would add the ability to handle coupon codes for your subscriptions/saas.
> stripe affiliate system
Job board has multiple different views based on roles (job board admin, job poster, job seeker), a few basic CRUD forms, sorting/filtering/searching (as simple or advanced as you'd like), optional payments for posting fee or premium listings, transactional emails (your job posting is expiring, a new job was been added, etc), optional WYSIWYG editor for previewing/formating job posts, the list goes on and on.
Business or fan log their local spots and print a QR voting code to put up at the place ("vote for us!")- then nightly (or during the weekend) people vote by scanning the QR code at the spot (probably would have to make an account to vote), places with the most scans are listed as Hot Spots. the hotness goes down after a few days, unless ore votes come in - you can also do metrics on most visited, best weekday spots, etc.
Plan to do this myself at some point.