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Michael Lancaster
August 02, 2017
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Soundnode, The Journey
How was the journey of building Soundnode
Michael Lancaster
August 02, 2017
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SOUNDNODE
Michael Lancaster @weblancaster @weblancaster
* http://blog.soundcloud.com/2011/01/06/desktop/
Languages Obj C, C C++, Swift C#, VB.net, Silverlight C,
C++, Java Tools Xcode Visual Studio Eclipse Market Place Apple Itunes Windows Marketplace Linux Apps OS
The promise… “write once run anywhere”
Languages HTML5, CSS, Javascript HTML5, CSS, Javascript HTML5, CSS, Javascript
Tools WebStorm, Sublime Text, VS Code WebStorm, Sublime Text, VS Code WebStorm, Sublime Text, VS Code Market Place Apple Itunes Windows Marketplace Linux Apps OS
None
Use case
* first version early 2014 built on top of NW.js
* first version early 2014 built on top of NW.js
* https://developers.soundcloud.com/docs/api/rate-limits#play-requests (July/2015)
* Average of 1000 (core) daily users before media coverage
* https://github.com/Soundnode/soundnode-app/issues/266
* latest version mid 2017
* latest version
* https://thenextweb.com/apps/2016/01/25/soundnode-is-the-soundcloud-desktop-app-youve-been-waiting-for/#.tnw_42EReATb
None
* Average of 5000 daily users peaking at a little
over 11000 users after media coverage
How?
+ =
Queue File System Network Other… Event Loop
Chromium Skia Blink V8
Demo
Web standards as native
Spotify (desktop) Playstation (console) Netflix (smart tvs) VS Code Slack
(desktop) Chrome Browser
BONUS *aka Java
None
Thanks!