Glitch Overview

Glitch was officially launched in mid-2017 after a few name changes and
rebrands. Glitch is a community of developers that offers a simple and fun way
to deploy your own Javascript applications. When you first go to the website.
The UI and the terminology might be a bit much. So, let's walk through a few
elements. Getting StartedGlitch makes it simple to get into code right away.
They come with three default templates so your configuration is minimal.
hello-web-page - this template generates one .html/CSS/js file so that you can
start coding a static project.hello-express - An Express boilerplate that will
also allow you to add your own NPM packages to the project as well. hello-
sqlight - A node app that uses sqllight as your database Community
ProjectsAnother great thing about Glitch is that it is very easy to find other
projects for remixing. https://glitch.com/community-picksThere is a section of
Picks from the community as well as some boilerplate
https://glitch.com/building-blocks projects that you can easily use to kick-
start a project. Glitch uses the "remix" as a way to make your own copy of an
existing project and start a copy just for you. EditorInside the editor screen
of a project you get a few options
Screenshot-2018-12-25T14:54:30.172Z.pngGlitch allows some integrations with
Github you can export your project to Github as well as import something from
a repository. You can also download the project as well. Glitch allows you to
set up a custom domain for projects now as well. But, I haven't used this
feature set just yet. Each project also has a git repo attached it. You have
read/write access to it as well. This is also a feature I haven't played with
yet but could open up to some interesting things. LimtationsGlitch projects
sleep after 5 minutes if they are not used, and those running for more than 12
hours are stopped. This is still a place for ideas and prototypes. Glitch does
seem like they might offer a premier plan down the line that might remove some
of these restrictions.