# Play Minesweeper Online
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This is the classic game **Minesweeper** built as a single page application with vanilla JS (i.e., no framework dependency).

Stack:
- HTML, JS, and CSS
- Webpack for bundling
- Firebase for leader board store
- Netlify for hosting

## 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`

*Sorry there's no hot reloading. You have to reload the app after making a change. OR contribute to enable HMR? ;)*

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

## Live Demo
The live site is here: [Minesweeper](https://mnswpr.com)

## 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. But I also saw it as a chance to dig deeper into vanilla JS.

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

## What I have learned:
✨ We don't always necessarily *need* JS frameworks (or TS) ✨

✨ Even subtle UI changes *can improve* user experience ✨

✨ There's more ways to break you're app than you are initially aware of ✨

✨ Competition motivates users to use your app more ✨