At first, I wanted to create my own simple web page where I can store my writings, projects and other stuff that I want people on the internet to discover >.<
Most of my writings are published on Medium. However, I don't trust them enough to store all my writings. Call it paranoia if you will.
Then I realized: "What's the point of making something if it's not Unique™?" So, I went on and decided to make Braavos a terminal "emulator" for my Web app. It would have a CLI where you type to browse the website like in a classic terminal environment. However, I know that this is not the "de-facto" way to use the web. People want GUI not CLI!!! For that, I decided to keep my original plan as a sidekick.
Now the people have two options:
- Option A. Use Braavos for a "nerdy" CLI experience.
- Option B. Use Braavos_Blog for a more traditional blog.
The name Braavos comes from the world of Game of Thrones. It is one of the most powerful and richest of the Free Cities[^1]. Tons of people from all over the world visits the city everyday. So, that's why I named this project Braavos, so that people of the internet (world) can visit it Freely™.
The project is Free to use by anyone. It's licensed under the MIT license. Meaning, you are free to fork, clone and do whatever you want.
Visit tunacici.com/ to see it in action.
This is the first thing you see when you launch Braavos. It is basically an app launcher (like you find in Android).
The background is an HTML canvas, where a randomly selected SVG images are displayed every few seconds. It looks rather "unprofessional" but who cares?
Depending on the option you choose, ReactJS will <Route> you to:
- Terminal: See the source code src/modules/Terminal.
- Blog: See the external project Braavos_Blog.
The main purpose of this project. This is where you can "browse" the website using a CLI. I don't want to talk about it too much to spoil you. But, I will give an high-level view on how everything works.
I highly encourage you to read the source code. There are some interesting things that awaits you there. If you are:
- A ReactJS developer: You will cringe & want to burn this project to the ground.
- Normal person: You will not understand anything, but might impresed how "complex" the code is. (it is not)
Maybe in the future we will have proper wiki for this project.
As for now: "No. I don't think I will." - Some random dude looking at a lake
This one is for the people who don't want to use the CLI. It is a simple blog where I put my writings. I referenced [almost] everythinhg from joonas.fi. The only thing I did was to change the content and some minor fixes & tweaks.
I forked the project and it now lives in Braavos_Blog for more information about the Blog.
This is a React.js application. You can build / run it like any other app.
0. Make sure you have Node.js installed
Visit Node.js Download page and install it.
1. Clone this repository
$ git clone https://github.com/TunaCici/Braavos.git2. Install the dependicies
$ cd Braavos
$ npm install3. Start the application in debug mode
$ npm start4. Optionally build it
$ npm build5. Now go and explore everything!
