Play Minesweeper Online

Play it here: mnswpr.com. This is the classic game Minesweeper built with vanilla web technologies (i.e., no framework dependency).

Technology Stack:

• HTML, JS, and CSS
• Webpack for bundling
• Firebase for leader board store
• Netlify for hosting

Project motivation

One day, while working in my home office, I heard loud and fast mouse clicks coming from our bedroom. It's my wife, playing her favorite game (Minesweeper) on a crappy website full of advertisements.

I can't allow this, it's a security issue. 🤣

But it is also an opportunity.

I wanted to give her the same game, with a similar leader board she can dominate. And this is also a chance for me to dig deeper into vanilla JS.

Can I make a page with complex interactions (more on this later) without any library dependency?

What I have learned:

1. JS is awesome ✨
2. We don't always necessarily need JS frameworks (or TS) ✨
3. Even subtle UI changes can improve user gameplay experience ✨
4. There's more ways to break you're app than you are initially aware of ✨
5. Competition motivates users to use your app more ✨
6. Hash in bundled filenames help issues in browser caching (when shipping versions fast) ✨

Development

To start development, you need node v16 (the dev server doesn't work on v18 yet). Once you know you have this, you can do the following:

1. Install dependencies: npm i
2. Start the dev server: npm run dev

Running Locally

After running the commands to start development, open in a browser: http://localhost:4200

Contribution reminders

1. There's no hot reloading. You have to reload the app after making a change. OR contribute to enable HMR? ;)
2. This is a very messy code; a product of quick hacking and shipping while live users are giving feedback. Let's clean it up!

Live Demo

👉 The live site is here: Minesweeper