4 hours to build a haunted app — Web Dev Challenge S1E7

Sponsored by Convex — What could you create if you had 30 minutes to plan and 4 hours to build? Joel Hooks, Douglas Rogers, Danny Thompson, and Jason Lengstorf took on the Web Dev Challenge to find out. *THE CHALLENGE* _Build an app that’s haunted. Make it spooky, make it creepy — let’s have a little Halloween fun._ We’re going to be building apps that have a Halloween-ish theme. Your app should get into the Halloween spirit in its functionality, user experience, or design. The specifics are up to you: it can be fun or funny, like a Scooby-Doo episode; it can be scary like a horror movie; it can be something totally unexpected. Let’s build some apps to put a few “bytes” into Fright Night! *THE TOOLS* Apps must use the following tools in their build. - Convex (https://lwj.dev/convex) offers everything from a database to cron jobs to real-time, multiplayer experiences in an end-to-end type-safe developer experience. #halloween #webdevelopment #challenge #javascript #reactjs #typescript #spooky *THE DEVS* Joel Hooks https://badass.dev Douglas Rogers (@DouglasWiseRogers) https://twitter.com/codeOvrCoffee https://standingdreams.com Danny Thompson (@DThompsonDev) https://twitter.com/dthompsondev Jason Lengstorf (‪@codetv-dev) https://jason.energy/links *THE ADVISOR* Sarah Shader https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahshader/ *THE APPS* - Joel's spooky story maze: https://github.com/joelhooks/lwj-spooky-story-maze - Doug's Halloween party planner: https://github.com/standingdreams/halloween-party-planner - Danny's costume store: https://github.com/TheDThompsonDev/fourWebDevChallenge - Jason's definitely-not-haunted app: https://github.com/jlengstorf/wdc-spooky *THE GEAR* The workstations in this video are made possible through sponsorships from these wonderful companies: - BenQ RD280U monitors: https://benqurl.biz/46nNUaT - Keychron K8 Pro keyboards: https://www.keychron.com/products/keychron-k8-pro-qmk-via-wireless-mechanical-keyboard?ref=MKT&variant=39755425382489 - Anglepoise desk lamps: https://www.anglepoise.com/usa/ - Ugmonk desk accessories: https://ugmonk.com/ See the full desk setup here: https://lwj.dev/uses ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Get early access to new videos, exclusive bonus content and other perks, and join me in building a happier, healthier, friendlier web dev community! https://www.youtube.com/@codetv-dev/join ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Chapters: 0:00 In this episode... 0:47 What is Convex and how does it work? 2:03 30 minutes to plan starts now 2:15 Meet Joel Hooks + his app plan 3:05 Meet Danny Thompson + his app plan 3:46 Meet Douglas Rogers + his app plan 4:38 Meet Jason Lengstorf + his app plan 5:09 4 hours to build starts now 6:32 Progress check-ins 13:04 Final moments check-ins 15:02 Join the Web Dev Challenge Hackathon! 15:15 Joel's app demo 18:17 Doug's app demo 20:35 Danny's app demo 23:35 Jason's app demo 27:08 Final thoughts