Web-based Command-line Interface
I almost got bored again yesterday, so I tried something new to prevent me from getting bored, letting my mind rest a bit, by creating a web-based command-line interface, just for fun. First I just put together an ugly web based Commodore 64 looking interface to entertain my coworkers. But then when the laughter stopped I had to come up with some new and productive.
Now you can see what a geek I am… As I started working on it, I was thinking how I should do it and just then I started thinking why. I guess everything was going backwards in my mind that day… Anyway, this is where got so far with my web-based command-line interface. Don’t expect too much, because I can only work on this in my free time, which is not much since I have a big family and getting ready for my summer vacation, oh and entertaining my European guest…
If you are a coder, you can see how simple the whole thing is. It’s based on AJAX: a bit of HTML, CSS and JavaScript, spiced up with a touch of ASP running on the server side.
What to do with the poor thing, once you have the page loaded? Well, you can start by crying for help (just enter help and hit enter). That’s always a good start with a text based interface like this. You could say hi if you don’t want to be rude. Then you can test all the commands currently available. And when you got tired of it already and if it’s a Friday, you can give it a high five by saying TGIF (at the time of writing it really is Friday!)
Tags: ajax, asp, command, interface, javascript