Wednesday, September 11, 2019

miniNote, your new web based note taking app!

What is miniNote?
The web is full of advanced, full-featured note taking applications. But what if you just wanted to open a web browser, load a very light, very fast web page, and start typing?

miniNote is an extremely lightweight, web based note taking app that will allow you to start taking notes without having to wait until endless, heavy features get loaded. It's fast, easy to use, and compatible with most if not all browsers out there.

For a quick test, click here and start taking notes right away! Don't forget to press ctrl+s to save your notes!

Open source libraries used
This was an interesting project because it gave me the chance to use open source libraries that I had never used before.

One of them was filer, a "drop-in replacement for node's fs module, a POSIX-like file system for browsers", as its creators describe it. I used filer to store the notes and also to get the content back on the web site.

Another one was HotKeys.js, an input capture library that allowed me to add a shortcut to save the user's notes.

Contribute!
You love miniNote, but you miss one or two features from your previous note taking application. No problem, you're welcome to fork our repo and start contributing!

Don't forget to check miniNote's license.
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