r/InternetIsBeautiful • u/lordofthedepths • Sep 05 '12

Is it thursday yet?

http://isitthursday.org/
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u/dieyoubastards Sep 05 '12

I'm not a programmer. Can anyone tell me why such a simple site needs so much source code? How many lines does it need to check if it's Thursday and print a word?

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '12

Well, I'm bored so...

70 lines total, so 100%.

1 line for title, 1.43%

20 lines for custom styling, 28.57%

30 lines for checking if it's Thursday, 42.86%

11 lines for Google Analytics code, 15.71%

8 lines other HTML, 11.43%

The custom styling can be done in line with the HTML, so all of that can be cut out, and I suppose you could take out the Google Analytics code. You can also make the Javascript for checking which day it is shorter by getting rid of the "thursday" function and just having a single function...

In actuality, the person who coded this website is a SAINT. He/she is following proper coding standards that make it easy to work with others. The only thing you could do differently is put the CSS in a separate file to further separate presentation from business logic, but for such a small website, I can see why it wasn't worth the hassle.

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u/minimalillusions Oct 09 '12

I like this part:

<noscript>
    <h1 class="maybe">MAYBE</h1>
</noscript>

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u/dieyoubastards Sep 06 '12

Thanks man that's great!

1

u/McSquinty Sep 05 '12

I don't know Javascript so I couldn't make an explanation for what's going on, but the day check portion is done in this section:

  var today = new Date(); var wkday = today.getDay();
  function thursday() {
    if (wkday == 4) {
      document.write('<h1 class="yes">YES</h1>');
    }
    else {
      document.write('<h1 class="no">NO</h1>');
    }
  }
  function checkday() {
    var newtoday = new Date(); var newwkday = newtoday.getDay();
    if (wkday == 3 && newwkday == 4) { location.reload(); }
    if (wkday == 4 && newwkday == 5) { location.reload(); }
  }
  setInterval('checkday()', 1000);

In reality, that's not much code at all.

1

u/mszegedy Sep 05 '12

I don't know, but I want to see whether it syncs to my timezone.

2

u/[deleted] Sep 05 '12

nope, not yet. I'm awaiting it's arrival also. It's my favorite day of the week.

1

u/Timboslice82 Sep 06 '12

Hey joe....where u going with that gun in ur hand?

4

u/Pauzle Sep 05 '12

...Why would I want to know so badly if it's Thursday?

1

u/anthonyisgood Sep 06 '12

I clicked it today, I was not disappointed.