/strum

A simple tool to help practice different strumming patterns.

Primary LanguageJavaScript

Strum

strum hero image

Netlify Status

https://strum.bsteph.com

Based on strumming exercise seen in this video by JustinGuitar

💾 Installation

  1. nvm use
  2. npm install
  3. npm start
  4. http://localhost:8081

🖥 Commands

dev

  1. npm start
  2. http://localhost:8081

build

Build production version of the site.

  1. npm run build
  2. output goes to ./dist

serve

Serve the ./dist directory.

  1. npm run serve
  2. http://localhost:3000

clean

Delete the ./dist folder and ./src/styles/.

  1. npm run clean

Notes on build process

Dev

  1. Gulp runs PostCSS to build Tailwind to ./src/styles.css
  2. Eleventy runs and links to css at ./src/styles.css
  3. Gulp watches for changes to .src/postcss/
  4. Eleventy watches for changes to lots of files including the output of gulp css to .src/styles

Production

  1. CSS is built via PostCSS in production mode (which purges unused Tailwind classes) via Gulp
  2. Then Eleventy runs in production mode
  3. Gulp inlines and minifys CSS, JS, HTML from the eleventy output

♿️ Accessibility

Note on viewport
To get 100% on accessibility under the Lighthouse metric you need to update the viewport meta tag to be:

<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, minimum-scale=1, maximum-scale=5" />

I've chosen not to do this as it causes the site to zoom in frequently while tapping the UI.

Note on colors
Special care was taken to pick colors that worked well for various forms of color blindness. xScope was used to preview colors using the loupe tool.

color blindness preview

📚 References

👾 Icons

Icons and hero image made using Figma.

Strum Design Document

🌎 Hosting

  • CI & Hosting on Netlify.
  • GoSquared analytics added as post processing step in Netlify.

🗺 Roadmap

  • tailwind setup
  • prettier setup
  • deploy to the world
  • some sort of templating
  • allow toggle of strum pattern
  • add query params for loading specific patterns
  • shuffle button for random strum patterns
  • add screen reader friendly labels to buttons
  • pick out better colorblind friendly colors/contrasts
  • BUG anchors broken
  • BUG active state is stuck on touch devices
  • add apple touch icon
  • add favicon
  • add a share button
  • try inline css for speed
  • change the statusbar color on iOS
  • make pwa (removed didnt like)
  • dark/light modes
  • more reliable watch/serve in dev mode
  • add support for multiple time signatures
  • add some sort of buy me a beer/coffee/tea button
  • make repo public

If you find this project useful you can donate:

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