🎡 Project Spinner

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It includes a list of project ideas and a spinner to randomly select one.\n\n## How it works\n\nThe `http.tsx` file is the main entry point and serves the app. It renders the `App` component on the server and wraps it in an HTML response. This HTML response includes a `` to HTML to capture client-side errors\n- **Error Handling:** Only use try...catch when there's a clear local resolution; Avoid catches that merely log or return 500s. Let errors bubble up with full context\n- **Environment Variables:** Use `Deno.env.get('keyname')` when you need to, but generally prefer APIs that don't require keys\n- **Imports:** Use `https://esm.sh` for npm and Deno dependencies to ensure compatibility on server and browser\n- **Storage Strategy:** Only use backend storage if explicitly required; prefer simple static client-side sites\n- **React Configuration:** When using React libraries, pin versions with `?deps=react@18.2.0,react-dom@18.2.0` and start the file with `/** @jsxImportSource https://esm.sh/react@18.2.0 */`\n- Ensure all React dependencies and sub-dependencies are pinned to the same version\n- **Styling:** Default to using TailwindCSS via `` unless otherwise specified\n\n## Project Structure and Design Patterns\n\n### Recommended Directory Structure\n```\n├── backend/\n│ ├── database/\n│ │ ├── migrations.ts # Schema definitions\n│ │ ├── queries.ts # DB query functions\n│ │ └── README.md\n│ └── routes/ # Route modules\n│ ├── [route].ts\n│ └── static.ts # Static file serving\n│ ├── index.ts # Main entry point\n│ └── README.md\n├── frontend/\n│ ├── components/\n│ │ ├── App.tsx\n│ │ └── [Component].tsx\n│ ├── favicon.svg\n│ ├── index.html # Main HTML template\n│ ├── index.tsx # Frontend JS entry point\n│ ├── README.md\n│ └── style.css\n├── README.md\n└── shared/\n ├── README.md\n └── utils.ts # Shared types and functions\n```\n\n### Backend (Hono) Best Practices\n\n- Hono is the recommended API framework\n- Main entry point should be `backend/index.ts`\n- **Static asset serving:** Use the utility functions to read and serve project files:\n ```ts\n import { readFile, serveFile } from \"https://esm.town/v/std/utils@85-main/index.ts\";\n \n // serve all files in frontend/ and shared/\n app.get(\"/frontend/*\", c => serveFile(c.req.path, import.meta.url));\n app.get(\"/shared/*\", c => serveFile(c.req.path, import.meta.url));\n \n // For index.html, often you'll want to bootstrap with initial data\n app.get(\"/\", async c => {\n let html = await readFile(\"/frontend/index.html\", import.meta.url);\n \n // Inject data to avoid extra round-trips\n const initialData = await fetchInitialData();\n const dataScript = ``;\n \n html = html.replace(\"\", `${dataScript}`);\n return c.html(html);\n });\n ```\n- Create RESTful API routes for CRUD operations\n- Always include this snippet at the top-level Hono app to re-throwing errors to see full stack traces:\n ```ts\n // Unwrap Hono errors to see original error details\n app.onError((err, c) => {\n throw err;\n });\n ```\n\n### Database Patterns\n- Run migrations on startup or comment out for performance\n- Change table names when modifying schemas rather than altering\n- Export clear query functions with proper TypeScript typing\n\n## Common Gotchas and Solutions\n\n1. **Environment Limitations:** \n - Val Town runs on Deno in a serverless context, not Node.js\n - Code in `shared/` must work in both frontend and backend environments\n - Cannot use `Deno` keyword in shared code\n - Use `https://esm.sh` for imports that work in both environments\n\n2. **SQLite Peculiarities:**\n - Limited support for ALTER TABLE operations\n - Create new tables with updated schemas and copy data when needed\n - Always run table creation before querying\n\n3. **React Configuration:**\n - All React dependencies must be pinned to 18.2.0\n - Always include `@jsxImportSource https://esm.sh/react@18.2.0` at the top of React files\n - Rendering issues often come from mismatched React versions\n\n4. **File Handling:**\n - Val Town only supports text files, not binary\n - Use the provided utilities to read files across branches and forks\n - For files in the project, use `readFile` helpers\n\n5. **API Design:**\n - `fetch` handler is the entry point for HTTP vals\n - Run the Hono app with `export default app.fetch // This is the entry point for HTTP vals`\n\n",[193],"ab10f4f4-a2e3-11f0-b419-0224a6c84d84",".vtignore","ab10f5bc-a2e3-11f0-b419-0224a6c84d84",5,["D",1759775915923],".git\n.vscode\n.cursorrules\n.DS_Store\nnode_modules\nvendor",[200],"pulls","branches","forks","envVars",{"_213":42,"_215":42},"connections",{"_213":42,"_214":42},"count","unfilledCount","emptyCount",{"_18":199,"_20":200,"_136":201,"_138":-5,"_139":68,"_140":202,"_142":38,"_22":250,"_65":42,"_145":101,"_147":204,"_149":26,"_150":-5,"_226":251,"_90":252},{"_18":192,"_20":193,"_136":194,"_138":-5,"_139":68,"_140":195,"_142":38,"_22":247,"_65":42,"_145":101,"_147":197,"_149":26,"_150":-5,"_226":248,"_90":249},{"_18":186,"_20":187,"_136":188,"_138":-5,"_139":68,"_140":163,"_142":38,"_22":244,"_65":42,"_145":158,"_147":190,"_149":26,"_150":-5,"_226":245,"_90":246},{"_18":180,"_20":181,"_136":182,"_138":-5,"_139":68,"_140":66,"_142":38,"_22":241,"_65":163,"_145":101,"_147":184,"_149":26,"_150":-5,"_226":242,"_90":243},{"_18":174,"_20":175,"_136":176,"_138":-5,"_139":68,"_140":163,"_142":38,"_22":238,"_65":42,"_145":158,"_147":178,"_149":26,"_150":-5,"_226":239,"_90":240},{"_18":167,"_20":168,"_136":169,"_138":-5,"_139":68,"_140":170,"_142":38,"_22":235,"_65":42,"_145":101,"_147":172,"_149":26,"_150":-5,"_226":236,"_90":237},{"_18":161,"_20":162,"_136":36,"_138":-5,"_139":68,"_140":163,"_142":38,"_22":232,"_65":42,"_145":146,"_147":165,"_149":26,"_150":-5,"_226":233,"_90":234},{"_18":153,"_20":154,"_136":155,"_138":-5,"_139":68,"_140":156,"_142":38,"_22":229,"_65":42,"_145":158,"_147":159,"_149":26,"_150":-5,"_226":230,"_90":231},{"_18":134,"_20":135,"_136":137,"_138":-5,"_139":68,"_140":141,"_142":38,"_22":225,"_65":144,"_145":146,"_147":148,"_149":26,"_150":151,"_226":227,"_90":228},["D",1759777633224],"children",[],[135],["D",1759775915925],[],[154],["D",1759775638102],[],[162],["D",1759775915886],[],[168],["D",1759775638102],[],[175],["D",1759783623698],[],[181],["D",1759775638102],[],[187],["D",1759775915906],[],[193],["D",1759775915923],[],[200],["D",1759775638102],{"_16":17,"_88":84},{"_16":17,"_81":82,"_83":84,"_33":34,"_85":86,"_87":26},{"_65":66,"_20":67,"_18":68,"_69":19,"_70":71,"_72":73,"_74":28,"_75":76,"_77":78,"_79":21,"_80":17},"ctx",{"_58":-5,"_111":290,"_291":292,"_293":294,"_295":26,"_296":26,"_297":26,"_298":38,"_299":-5,"_300":-7,"_301":-7,"_302":42,"_303":26,"_304":26,"_305":-5,"_306":26,"_307":26,"_308":26,"_309":-5},"ENV",{"_261":262,"_263":264,"_265":67,"_266":267,"_268":269,"_270":271,"_272":273,"_274":275,"_276":277,"_278":279,"_280":281,"_282":283,"_284":285,"_286":287,"_288":289},"REACT_APP_SENTRY_DSN","https://586020d86f05489db63a554690acf1e9@o1398359.ingest.sentry.io/6724499","RENDER_GIT_COMMIT","fdb67791413f4386b4dbf18f354029a617f6160f","RENDER_GIT_BRANCH","POSTHOG_API_TOKEN","phc_nmoyuAkStEZuUp69rYlg1DZgrIt19Gx0Y4Hwf8tGgJP","POSTHOG_API_HOST","https://wart.val.town","WEB_API_TEMPLATE","https://{val}.web.val.run","APP_URL","https://www.val.town","MODULE_URL","https://esm.town","VANITY_WEB_API_TEMPLATE","https://{label}.val.run/","DENOLS_URL","https://lsp.val.town","NODE_ENV","production","CLOUDFLARE_TURNSTILE_SITE_KEY","0x4AAAAAACtaIZJH7s9rBMZ6","GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID","875989696899-jtsqkhlbdv5jrlsk8631p7ipjg3c6o62.apps.googleusercontent.com","STRIPE_PUBLISHABLE_KEY","pk_live_51N2zvWEpZTTLipIkVEwXrUG9AT0yeOOEYxszarZT1jpsZV58Ly6wlg3SltZpHN26CUalOBmUSY7adQRQiSkCZz2500qSXNkf8Y","API_URL","https://api.val.town",[],"preferencesKeybindings","default","preferencesTheme","light","preferencesFixers","preferencesCopilot","preferencesSelectionAi","preferencesCloseBrackets","preferencesChatPanelState","preferencesDprint","preferencesDenofmt","notificationCount","flagDenols","isBusinessOrgMember","businessOrgHandle","isBusinessOrgAdmin","isHigherTownieTier","navCollapsed","currentOrgId"]

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