Idea

Today we are going to create a Screen Recorder in Python using OpenCV.

Prerequisites

Knowledge of basic Python coding, basics of OpenCV, numpy and Pillow.

Install Modules

  pip install pillow
  pip install numpy
  pip install opencv-python

Type these commands one by one in your terminal: cmd, bash, etc.. and press enter (run).

  pip install pillow numpy opencv-python

Code

Import modules

from PIL import ImageGrab
import numpy as np
import cv2, datetime
from win32api import GetSystemMetrics
from screeninfo import get_monitors

Note: We import opencv module with the name cv2 in Python.

The logic

for m in get_monitors():
    width = str(m.width)
    height = str(m.height)

width = GetSystemMetrics(0)
height = GetSystemMetrics(1)

time_stamp = datetime.datetime.now().strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H-%M-%S')
file_name = f'{time_stamp}.mp4'

enc = cv2.VideoWriter_fourcc('m', 'p', '4', 'v')
cap_vd = cv2.VideoWriter(file_name, enc, 20.0, (width, height))

def app():
    img = ImageGrab.grab(bbox=(0, 0, width, height))
    img_np = np.array(img)
    img_final = cv2.cvtColor(img_np, cv2.COLOR_BGR2RGB)
    cv2.imshow('Screen Capture', img_final)
    cap_vd.write(img_final)

while True:
    app()
    if cv2.waitKey(10) == ord('q'):
        break

Output

Now your app is ready. Run the code and wait. Everything on the screen will be recorded. Press q on your keyboard to stop the recording. The recording is then saved to the directory where the file is.

Summary

In this article you learnt how you can make your own screen recorder using Python. You learnt about the use of python pillow module and numpy. We made the screen recorder using opencv.

Hello Beautiful People,

You must have known about Kali Linux and most probably have used it. If not no problem then, we are going to create our own Kali Linux (oops, Sorry... Our Kali Linux themed portfolio.

For reference you people can see these terminal themed portfolio websites:

1. Heber Leonard's Portfolio

2. Lokesh Bachhu's Portfolio

3. ShellFolio

One day I was just chilling about it and somehow found a website in the theme of terminal. Then I thought why not make something like that? A terminal themed portfolio it isn't that bad...

Prerequisites

Previous knowloedge of React + JavaScript

No knowledge? No problem😥 Learn by building things just like I do...

Let's Begin

What else we will add?

We will make our own linux like login screen and will make a custom loader. Cool right? Let's start Coding.

Create a React App

Go to your desired folder, open terminal and run this command to create a react app in that directory.

npx create-react-app ./

After the app gets created,

Consider the folder structure we are going to use in this project...

Create the folders which are not available in your default app folder according to this structure.

After making the following file structure we are ready to start working with our Application.

Packages

Packages we are going to use in this project are as:

Run the below command to install all the packages, if you want to explore about these packages, click on the names to go to their respective pages.

npm i react-icons react-router-dom

Components

Now we are going to work with our components. Create these files in your components folder with the same names to use in your app.

There are total 7 components I've made.

This file contains the layout of our terminal.

Paste the below code into this file

import React from 'react'
import Contact from './Contact'
import Terminal from './Terminal'

export default function TerminalLayout(props) {
    return (
        <>
            <div className='kali_desktop'>
                <div className='kali_terminal'>

                    <Terminal loginname={props.loginname} />

                </div>

                <Contact />
                
            </div>
        </>
    )
}

This file is our actual terminal

import React, { useState } from 'react'
import TerminalData from './TerminalData';

export default function Terminal(props) {

    let logo = `
       _______      __            __                ____                  _______        __            ___
     /    _____|     |     |____|     |            /          \\             /    _____|      |     |____|      |
   /    /_____       |     ____       |          /    /_\\    \\          /    /_____       |     _____      |
   \\_____      |     |     |        |      |        /    ___      \\         \\_____     |      |     |         |     |
    _____/    /      |     |        |      |_     |    |       |     |_      _____/    /       |     |         |     |
    \\______/        |__ |        |____|    |__|       |____|    \\______/         |__ |         |___|
    
    `

    const [history, setHistory] = useState([])
    const [command, setCommand] = useState('')
    const [dirname, setdirname] = useState('')

    const dirs_list = ["home", "about"]

    const handleAdd = () => {
        const newList = [...history];
        newList.push(command);
        setHistory(newList);
    }

    const handleKeyDown = event => {
        // what if ctrl + c is pressed break the command
        var key = event.which || event.keyCode;
        var ctrl = event.ctrlKey ? event.ctrlKey : ((key === 17)
            ? true : false);
        if (key == 67 && ctrl) {
            event.key = "Enter"
        }

        if (event.key === 'Enter') {
            // Enter key pressed ✅

            handleAdd()
            setCommand('')
            // console.log(history)


            // hide the logo terminal
            if (command === "hide") {
                document.querySelector(".terminal_logo").style.display = "none";
            }
            // show the logo terminal
            if (command === "show") {
                document.querySelector(".terminal_logo").style.display = "block";
            }

            // clear the terminal
            if (command === "clear") {
                setHistory([])
            }

            const contact = document.querySelector(".contact_container")
            if (command.substring(0, 5) === "mkmsg") {
                contact.style.display = "block"
            }

            if (command.substring(0, 2) === "cd") {
                if (command.includes("..")) {
                    setdirname('')
                } else {
                    if (dirs_list.includes(command.slice(3))) {
                        setdirname(command.slice(3))
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    };




    return (
        <>
            <div className='terminal_logo'>
                <pre>{logo}</pre>
                <div className='instructions'>
                    <ol type='number'>
                        <li>Type 'hide/show' to hide or show these instructions.</li>
                        <li>Type 'clear' to clear the terminal.</li>
                        <li>Type '-help' to get help instructions of the terminal.</li>
                        <li>Type 'whoishe' to know about me.</li>
                    </ol>
                </div>

                <br />
            </div>
            <div className='terminal_container'>

                <TerminalData loginname={props.loginname} array={history} dirname={dirname} />

                <div className='terminal_area'>
                    <div className='input_area'>
                        <div className='terminal_name'>
                            <font style={{ color: "lightgreen" }}>(</font>
                            {props.loginname}@shash
                            <font style={{ color: "lightgreen" }}>)
                                -[
                                <font style={{ color: "white" }}>~{dirname && <b>/{dirname}</b>}</font>]
                            </font>
                        </div>
                        <div className='input_box'>
                            $ <input
                                id='terminal_input'
                                value={command}
                                onKeyDown={handleKeyDown}
                                onBlur={({ target }) => target.focus()}
                                onChange={(e) => setCommand(e.target.value)}
                                type="text" autoFocus={true} />
                        </div>
                    </div>
                </div>
            </div>
        </>
    )
}

import React from 'react'
import parse from "html-react-parser";

export default function TerminalResult(props) {

    const projects = "https://mrdevknown.blogspot.com"

    const dirs_list = ["home", "about"]

    const keywords = [
        {
            "name": "help",
            "abbr": ["-help", "-h", "-H", "-Help", "-HELP", "--help"],
            "text": `
                    <h4>Shash Help</h4> 
                    <br/>
                    <p/>Shash is a linux terminal themed website.
                    <p/>This website is made just for fun.
                    <br/><br/>
                    Commands:
                    <br/><br/>
                    <div className="command_desc">
                        <div className="command_name">-h, -help, --help</div>
                        <div className="command_details">Get Help</div>
                    </div>
                    <div className="command_desc">
                        <div className="command_name">cd</div>
                        <div className="command_details">To get inside a directory</div>
                    </div>
                    <div className="command_desc">
                        <div className="command_name">mkmsg</div>
                        <div className="command_details">Make me a new message</div>
                    </div>
                    <div className="command_desc">
                        <div className="command_name">dir</div>
                        <div className="command_details">Show the directories</div>
                    </div>
                    `
        },
        {
            "name": "cd",
            "abbr": ["cd"]
        },
        {
            "name": "whoishe",
            "abbr": ["whoishe"],
            "text": `Hello,
                    <p/>I am <font className="primarybg">Shivesh</font>
                    <br/><br/>
                    <ul style="margin-left: 20px">
                        <li type="square">I started to code when I was 11.</li>
                    </ul>
                    <br/>
                    <ul style="margin-left: 20px">
                        <li type="square">I love to make <a href=${projects} target="_blank">stupid things</a> like this.</li>
                    </ul>`
        },
        {
            "name": "dir",
            "abbr": ["dir"],
            "text": `Directories:
                    <br/><br/>
                    <div className="dirs_name">
                        <div>home</div>
                        <div>about</div>
                    </div>
                    `
        },
        {
            "name": "mkmsg",
            "abbr": ["mkmsg"],
            "text": `send a message`
        },
        {
            "name": "hide",
            "abbr": ["hide"],
            "text": `hidden`
        },
        {
            "name": "show",
            "abbr": ["show"],
            "text": `showing`
        },
        {
            "name": "clear",
            "abbr": ["clear"],
            "text": `clear`
        }
    ]

    let dirname = ""
    let text = "Command Not Found";

    for (let i = 0; i < keywords.length; i++) {
        const keywordResult = (item) => {
            for (let j = 0; j < keywords[i].abbr.length; j++) {
                if (item === `${keywords[i].abbr[j]}`) {
                    if (keywords[i].name === "help") {
                        text = `${keywords[i].text}<br/><br/>`
                    }
                    if (keywords[i].name === "dir") {
                        text = `${keywords[i].text}<br/><br/>`
                    }
                    if (keywords[i].name === "mkmsg") {
                        text = `${keywords[i].text}<br/><br/>`
                    }
                    if (keywords[i].name === "hide") {
                        text = `${keywords[i].text}<br/><br/>`
                    }
                    if (keywords[i].name === "show") {
                        text = `${keywords[i].text}<br/><br/>`
                    }
                    if (keywords[i].name === "whoishe") {
                        text = `${keywords[i].text}<br/><br/>`
                    }
                }
            } if (props.command.substring(0, 2) === "cd") {
                dirname = props.command.slice(3)
                if (dirs_list.includes(dirname) || dirname === "..") {
                    text = ""
                } else {
                    text = "No Such Directory"
                }
            }
        }

        keywordResult(props.command)
    }

    return (
        <>
            <div className='terminal_result'>
                {parse(text)}
            </div>
        </>
    )
}

import React from 'react'
import TerminalResult from './TerminalResult';

export default function TerminalData(props) {
    let dirname = ''
    return (
        <>{props.array.map((com) => {
    
            if (com.substring(0,2) === "cd") {
                dirname = com.slice(3)
                if (dirname === "..") {
                    dirname = ""
                }
            }

            return (
                <div className='terminal_area'>
                    <div className='input_area'>
                        <div className='terminal_name'>
                            <font style={{ color: "lightgreen" }}>(</font>
                            {props.loginname}@shash
                            <font style={{ color: "lightgreen" }}>)
                                -[
                                <font style={{ color: "white" }}>~{dirname && <b>/{dirname}</b>}</font>]
                            </font>
                        </div>
                        <div className='input_box'>
                            $ {com}
                        </div>
                    </div>

                    <TerminalResult command={com} />

                </div>
            );
        })}
        </>
    )
}

Now our  Terminal is Ready.

But I would like to add a few more things...

Here comes our 5th component

This file will display a popup window when user types mkmsg command, it will open and display our contact links.

Paste the below code into this file

import React from 'react'
import { IoIosClose, IoIosMail, IoIosSquareOutline, IoLogoGithub, IoLogoLinkedin } from 'react-icons/io';
import { BiMessageAltDetail, BiMinus } from 'react-icons/bi';

export default function Contact() {

    const logo = `
                 .--------\\ /--------.
                 |            -            |
                 |                         |
                 |                         |
      _____|____________|_____
       =========.==========
             / ~~~~~     ~~~~~ \\
           /|                |                |\\
           W   ------  / \\  --------   W
           \\.             |o o|             ./
            |                                    |
             \\    #########   /
               \\  ## --------- ##  /
                 \\##              ##/
                   \\_____v____/
    `

    var isMaximised = false;

    const maximize = () => {
        if (!isMaximised) {
            document.querySelector(".contact_container").classList.add("fullscreen")

            isMaximised = true
        } else {
            document.querySelector(".contact_container").classList.remove("fullscreen")

            isMaximised = false
        }
    }

    const hide = () => {
        document.querySelector(".contact_container").classList.remove("fullscreen")
        document.querySelector(".contact_container").style.display = "none"
    }

    return (
        <div className='contact_container'>
            <div className='title_bar'>
                <div className='title'>
                    <BiMessageAltDetail />
                    Contact Me
                </div>
                <div className='buttons'>
                    <div className='button' onClick={hide}><BiMinus style={{ fontSize: "10px" }} /></div>
                    <div className='button' onClick={maximize}><IoIosSquareOutline style={{ fontSize: "10px" }} /></div>
                    <div className='button' onClick={hide}><IoIosClose /></div>
                </div>
            </div>
            <div className='contact_window'>

                <pre>{logo}</pre>

                <div className="container">
                    <h1>Contact Me</h1>
                    <div className='contact_links'>
                        <a href='https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&to=YOUR_EMAIL' target='_blank' className='link'>
                            <IoIosMail />
                            "Your Email"
                        </a>
                        <a href='gmail.com' className='link'>
                            <IoLogoGithub />
                            TheShiveshNetwork
                        </a>
                        <a href='gmail.com' className='link'>
                            <IoLogoLinkedin />
                            WhoIsShivesh
                        </a>
                    </div>
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>
    )
}

One more thing I would add is a login page, where user will enter their name or they can just enter as guest and we will display their entered name on the terminal. This is a little extra thing but I feel this adds to our portfolio and makes it a little more interactive.

import React from 'react'
import logo from '../kali-logo.png'
import { Link } from "react-router-dom";

export default function Login(props) {
    return (
        <>
            <div className='login_container'>
                <div className='login_box'>
                    <div className='login_area'>
                        {/* <h1>Login</h1> */}
                        <div className='logo_image'>
                            <img src={logo} alt="logo" />
                        </div>
                        <div className='input_login'>
                            Enter your name here
                            <input value={props.name} onChange={(e) => props.setName(e.target.value)} type="text" autoFocus={true} />
                        </div>
                    </div>
                    <div className='login_btns'>
                        <Link to="/" className='secondaryBtn' onClick={props.guestName}>Guest</Link>
                        <Link to="/" className='primaryBtn disabled-link' onClick={props.submitName}>Log In</Link>
                    </div>
                </div>
            </div>
        </>
    )
}

Now we are done with all our components. 

Now let's use all these components into our app.

App.js

import './App.css';
import Login from './components/Login';
import { BrowserRouter, Routes, Route, Navigate } from "react-router-dom";
import TerminalLayout from './components/TerminalLayout';
import { useState } from 'react';
import Loader from './components/Loader';

function App() {
  const [name, setName] = useState("")
  const [loggedIn, setLoggedIn] = useState(false)
  // let loggedIn = false

  if (name !== "") { document.querySelector(".primaryBtn").classList.remove("disabled-link") }

  const submitName = () => {
    setName(name)
    // loggedIn = true;
    if (name !== "") { setLoggedIn(true); }
    // console.log(loggedIn)
  }

  const guestName = () => {
    setName("guest")
    setLoggedIn(true);
  }
  
  return (
    <>
          <BrowserRouter>
            <Routes>
              <Route path="/" element={loggedIn ? <TerminalLayout loginname={name} /> : <Navigate to="/login" />} />
              <Route path='*' element={<Navigate to="/" />} />
              <Route path="/login" element={<Login name={name} setName={setName} guestName={guestName} submitName={submitName} />} />
            </Routes>
          </BrowserRouter>

          <Loader />
    </>
  );
}

export default App;

  
  

With this app.js file, we are done with our project. Now start the app by running "npm start" command in the terminal.

But the design will definitely look ugly since we haven't added any styles. So let's do so.

I am going to modify the index.css file.

Paste the below code to get the output like me, it's just simple styling so anyone can easily go through it and understand it.

Index.css

.kali_desktop {
  min-height: 100vh;
  width: 100vw;
  background: url('../public/assets/wallpaper3.jpg');
  background-size: cover;
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  background-position: center;
  background-attachment: fixed;
}

.kali_terminal {
  background: black;
  min-height: 100vh;
  width: 100%;
  opacity: 70%;
  font-family: 'Ubuntu', sans-serif;
  color: white;
}

.terminal_container {
  padding: 25px;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  gap: 12px;
}

a {
  color: #fff;
}

.input_area {
  display: flex;
  /* gap: 8px; */
  flex-direction: column;
  letter-spacing: 2px;
}

.input_area::after {
  z-index: -1;
  content: '';
  position: absolute;
  /* background: red; */
  border-left: 2px solid lightgreen;
  border-top: 2px solid lightgreen;
  border-bottom: 2px solid lightgreen;
  padding: 0;
  height: 16px;
  width: 50px;
  transform: translate(-15px, 10px);
}

.kali_terminal input {
  width: 80%;
  height: auto;
  background: none;
  border: none;
  color: white;
  font-size: 16px;
  letter-spacing: 2px;
  font-family: 'Ubuntu', sans-serif;
}

input:focus {
  outline: none;
}

.input_box {
  background: black;
  width: 100%;
  padding-left: 8px;
}

.terminal_name {
  background: black;
  margin-left: 15px;
  padding-left: 5px;
  color: royalblue;
}

.dirs_name {
  display: grid;
  width: 350px;
  grid-template-columns: auto auto auto;
  gap: 25px;
}

pre {
  font-family: 'Ubuntu', sans-serif;
}

.command_desc {
  display: flex;
  gap: 105px;
  padding-bottom: 10px;
}

.command_name {
  width: 70px;
  font-style: italic;
  color: orange;
}

.terminal_result {
  margin: 10px 0 10px -10px;
}

.terminal_logo {
  padding: 10px;
}

.instructions {
  width: 100%;
  margin: 10px 20px 0 20px;
  font-size: 16px;
}

.login_container {
  height: 100vh;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  background: url('../public/assets/wallpaper1.jpg');
  background-position: center;
  background-size: cover;
}

.login_box {
  backdrop-filter: blur(5px);
  color: white;
  height: 230px;
  width: 440px;
  border-radius: 5px;
  /* padding: 20px; */
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  align-items: center;
}

.login_area {
  font-size: 18px;
  width: 100%;
  height: 70%;
  gap: 30px;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  background: #0a0a0bed;
  border-top-left-radius: 5px;
  border-top-right-radius: 5px;
}

.input_login {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  gap: 10px;
}

.input_login input {
  width: 250px;
  font-size: 16px;
}

.login_btns {
  width: calc(100% - 80px);
  height: 30%;
  padding: 0 40px 0 40px;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: space-between;
  background: #000000;
  border-bottom-left-radius: 5px;
  border-bottom-right-radius: 5px;
}

.login_area .logo_image {
  height: 100px;
  width: 100px;
  background: #071a54;
  border-radius: 50%;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
}

.logo_image img {
  height: 80%;
}

.primaryBtn,
.secondaryBtn {
  border: none;
  padding: 5px 15px 5px 15px;
  border-radius: 2px;
  cursor: pointer;
  font-size: 14px;
  text-decoration: none;
}

.primarybg {
  background: #071a54;
  padding: 2px 5px 2px 5px;
  border-radius: 2px;
}

.terminal_result li:before {
  content: '\26A1';
  margin-left: -20px;
  margin-right: 10px;
}

.primaryBtn:hover,
.secondaryBtn:hover {
  text-decoration: underline;
}

.disabled-link {
  pointer-events: none;
  background: #829ff7;
}

.primaryBtn {
  background: #28408b;
  color: white;
}

.secondaryBtn {
  background: #acacac;
  color: black;
}

.contact_container {
  display: none;
  position: fixed;
  top: 50%;
  right: 20%;
  transform: translate(0, -50%);
  width: 600px;
  background: rgba(10, 10, 10, 0.9);
  backdrop-filter: blur(1px);
  border-radius: 10px;
  box-shadow: 0 0 20px rgb(8, 8, 8);
  /* border: 5px solid lightseagreen; */
  color: #fff;
  font-family: 'Ubuntu', sans-serif;
  transition: .1s all;
}

.contact_container .container {
  margin: 20px;
}

.title_bar {
  width: 100%;
  min-height: 30px;
  background: rgb(16, 16, 16);
  border-radius: 10px 10px 0 0;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: space-between;
}

.title_bar .title {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  margin-left: 10px;
  font-size: 14px;
  display: flex;
  gap: 10px;
}

.title_bar .buttons {
  margin-right: 10px;
  display: flex;
  gap: 10px;
}

.title_bar .button {
  height: 15px;
  width: 15px;
  border-radius: 50%;
  background: royalblue;
  cursor: pointer;
  color: #000;
  font-size: 18px;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  font-family: 'Gill Sans', 'Gill Sans MT', Calibri, 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;
}

.title_bar .button:hover {
  background: rgb(32, 51, 109);
  color: white;
}

.fullscreen {
  border-radius: 0%;
  width: 100vw !important;
  height: 100vh;
  position: fixed;
  left: 50%;
  transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
}

.fullscreen .contact_window {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  flex-direction: column;
}

.contact_container .contact_links {
  margin-top: 25px;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  gap: 20px;
}

.contact_container .contact_links .link {
  background: black;
  padding: 10px 30px 10px 30px;
  border-radius: 15px;
  height: 50px;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 30px;
  text-decoration: none;
  transition: .2s all;
}

.contact_container .contact_links .link:hover {
  color: rgb(223, 223, 223);
  background: rgb(19, 19, 19);
  text-decoration: underline;
}

.contact_window {
  display: flex;
  justify-content: space-evenly;
}


@media (max-width: 650px) {
  .terminal_logo {
    font-size: 10px !important;
  }

  .login_box {
    width: 70%;
    height: 400px;
  }

  .login_area {
    flex-direction: column;
    padding: 40px;
    width: calc(100% - 80px);
  }

  .login_area input {
    width: 100%;
  }

}

@media (max-width: 880px) {
  .contact_container {
    left: 50%;
    transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
    width: 80%;
  }

  .contact_window {
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
    align-items: center;
    justify-content: center;
  }
}


.loader {
  position: fixed;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  height: 100vh;
  width: 100vw;
  background: #000;
  color: #fff;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  font-size: 74px;
}

.loader .icon {
  animation: loader-anime 1s infinite;
}

@keyframes loader-anime {
  0% {
    shadow: 0 0 20px #fff;
  }
  100% {
    shadow: 0 0 10px #fff;
  }
}

Adding these styles, our Kali Linux Terminal themed portfolio is ready.

Final Look

We have created an awesome login screen, a working terminal and a great loader. What else?

Go ahead and feel free to experiment with the code.

See ya in the next post, till then Bye Bye!

 Hey fella's,

Here I am with a new post.

In this post, I am gonna create a tic tac toe game but with pure html, css and js. Yeah, it's a little waste of time to not use any help from libraries as such, but I love to code.

So, let's make everything on our own.

Umm, actually it's a very easy project. Nothing needs to be created or hyped like a great work. I just wanted to post something after many months, so I am creating this.

Challenges

• Build responsive design 😥
• Code JavaScript on my own 😣
• No awesome components/functions of React 🤨

I coded for a few minutes and surprisingly, every logic I made worked.

It took me few minutes to make the basic work, changing the content inside the blocks and adding a few conditions.

But I want perfection.😅

Umm, actually I am not good at finalizing things at once...

How is it? Let me know in the comments.

Now, let me show you the code.

Actually it's very messed up, I am feeling embarrassed to show it. But, in the next post, I'll try to fix up things a little.

Code

// html part
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <title>T3 - by Shivesh</title>
</head>

<body>
    <div class="container">
        <div class="main_game">
            <div class="heading">
                <h1>Tic Tac Toe</h1>
                <h1>Game</h1>
            </div>
            <div id="playerTurn" class="player_turn">Tap on the grid</div>
            <div class="game_container">
                <div class="column1">
                    <div id="box1" class="grid grid-1"></div>
                    <div id="box2" class="grid grid-2"></div>
                    <div id="box3" class="grid grid-3"></div>
                </div>
                <div class="column2">
                    <div id="box4" class="grid grid-4"></div>
                    <div id="box5" class="grid grid-5"></div>
                    <div id="box6" class="grid grid-6"></div>
                </div>
                <div class="column3">
                    <div id="box7" class="grid grid-7"></div>
                    <div id="box8" class="grid grid-8"></div>
                    <div id="box9" class="grid grid-9"></div>
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>
        <div class="fullscreen_msg">
            <div id="msg">Game</div>
        </div>
    </div>
</body>
</html>

<body>
    <div class="container">
        <div class="main_game">
            <div class="heading">
                <h1>Tic Tac Toe</h1>
                <h1>Game</h1>
            </div>
            <div id="playerTurn" class="player_turn">Tap on the grid</div>
            <div class="game_container">
                <div class="column1">
                    <div id="box1" class="grid grid-1"></div>
                    <div id="box2" class="grid grid-2"></div>
                    <div id="box3" class="grid grid-3"></div>
                </div>
                <div class="column2">
                    <div id="box4" class="grid grid-4"></div>
                    <div id="box5" class="grid grid-5"></div>
                    <div id="box6" class="grid grid-6"></div>
                </div>
                <div class="column3">
                    <div id="box7" class="grid grid-7"></div>
                    <div id="box8" class="grid grid-8"></div>
                    <div id="box9" class="grid grid-9"></div>
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>
        <div class="fullscreen_msg">
            <div id="msg">Game</div>
        </div>
    </div>
</body>
</html>

// css part
@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Handlee&display=swap');
@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Catamaran&family=Handlee&display=swap');
@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Ruslan+Display&display=swap');
:root {
    --primary-color: white;
    --text-primary: black;
    --x-primary: rgb(120, 231, 120);
    --o-primary: royalblue;
}

* {
    margin: 0%;
    padding: 0%;
}

body {
    height: 100vh;
}

.container {
    height: 100%;
    width: 100%;
    background: var(--primary-color);
    font-family: 'Catamaran', sans-serif;
}

.main_game {
    height: 100%;
    width: 100%;
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
    justify-content: center;
    flex-direction: column;
    gap: 2rem;
}

.heading {
    text-align: center;
    font-family: 'Ruslan Display', cursive;
    font-size: 3rem;
}

.heading h1:nth-child(1) {
    font-size: 2rem;
}

.game_container {
    height: 20rem;
    width: 20rem;
    background: var(--text-primary);
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
    gap: .1rem;
}

.column1,
.column2,
.column3 {
    /* background: green; */
    gap: .1rem;
    display: flex;
    height: calc(100% - .2rem / 3);
    /* grid-template-columns: auto auto auto; */
}

.grid {
    cursor: pointer;
    background: var(--primary-color);
    width: calc(100% - .2rem / 3);
    height: 100%;
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
    justify-content: center;
    font-family: 'Handlee', cursive;
    font-size: 3.5rem;
}

.fullscreen_msg {
    display: none;
    height: 100%;
    width: 100%;
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    font-size: 5rem;
    /* display: flex; */
    flex-direction: column;
    text-align: center;
    justify-content: center;
}

.player_turn {
    font-size: 1.3rem;
}

@media (max-width: 400px) {
    .heading {
        font-size: 2rem;
    }

    .game_container {
        width: 15rem;
        height: 15rem;
    }
}

//JS part
playerTurn = 1

document.getElementById("box1").textContent = ""
document.getElementById("box2").textContent = ""
document.getElementById("box3").textContent = ""
document.getElementById("box4").textContent = ""
document.getElementById("box5").textContent = ""
document.getElementById("box6").textContent = ""
document.getElementById("box7").textContent = ""
document.getElementById("box8").textContent = ""
document.getElementById("box9").textContent = ""

const changeBoxElem = (elem) => {
    document.getElementById(elem).addEventListener('click', () => {
        if (document.getElementById(elem).textContent != players[0] && document.getElementById(elem).textContent != players[1]) {
            if (playerTurn === 1) {
                document.querySelector(".container").style.background = "var(--o-primary)"
                document.getElementById(elem).textContent = players[1]
                playerTurn = 2
                document.getElementById("playerTurn").textContent = `${players[0]}'s turn`
            } else if (playerTurn === 2) {
                document.querySelector(".container").style.background = "var(--x-primary)"
                document.getElementById(elem).textContent = players[0]
                playerTurn = 1
                document.getElementById("playerTurn").textContent = `${players[1]}'s turn`
            }
        }
    })
}

list = ["box1", "box2", "box3", "box4", "box5", "box6", "box7", "box8", "box9"]

players = ["O", "X"]

winCombinations = [["box1", "box2", "box3"],
["box4", "box5", "box6"],
["box7", "box8", "box9"],
["box1", "box5", "box9"],
["box3", "box5", "box7"],
["box1", "box4", "box7"],
["box2", "box5", "box8"],
["box3", "box6", "box9"]
]


list.forEach(element => {
    changeBoxElem(element)
});

let gameOver = false

function gameIsOver() {
    console.log("game over")
    document.querySelector(".main_game").style.filter = "blur(5px)"
    document.querySelector(".fullscreen_msg").style.display = "flex"
    document.querySelector(".container").style.background = "lightgreen"
    document.getElementById("msg").textContent = `${wonPlayer} won`
}

function checkGameState() {
    // console.log("hey")
    for (let i = 0; i < winCombinations.length; i++) {
        if (document.getElementById(winCombinations[i][0]).textContent === players[0]) {
            if (document.getElementById(winCombinations[i][1]).textContent === players[0]) {
                if (document.getElementById(winCombinations[i][2]).textContent === players[0]) {
                    // console.log("hey")
                    let gameOver = true
                    wonPlayer = players[0]
                    gameIsOver()
                }
            }
        }
        else if (document.getElementById(winCombinations[i][0]).textContent === players[1]) {
            if (document.getElementById(winCombinations[i][1]).textContent === players[1]) {
                if (document.getElementById(winCombinations[i][2]).textContent === players[1]) {
                    let gameOver = true
                    wonPlayer = players[1]
                    gameIsOver()
                }
            }
        }
        else {
            gameOver = false
        }
    }
}

So, that's it for this post.

I will try to make this code better in the next one.

Till then bye bye, see ya

Hello folks, I guess most of you are using a windows computer or laptop. And since you are visiting this post, that means you're a developer too.

Windows comes with essential softwares installed that you can start with, like notepad for coding, cmd for running commands. But, while you grow up as a developer, you should change yourself with it.

Moving to our list

1. VS Code

This is probably the most important software for developers. VS code is made by Microsoft and is thus a great IDE for windows. It is a lightweight and efficient IDE for developers, that's why it's preferred by most of the programmers you see.

One more thing that makes VS code a great pick are the extensions present in it. It has a lot of essential pre built tools, that can just be installed and used. You can even customize the themes, code the look and almost everything inside it with the use of extensions.

VS Code Installation

If you want a specific post on which VS code extensions do I use, just let me know in the comments below.

2. Git

This software is really useful for programmers. Suppose you are writing 100's of lines of code from a week and by mistake your file gets corrupted. You lost all your work?

With Git you don't need to worry about it. It will manage all your previous work, files and modifications you did from time to time.

Just commit your code every time you make major changes, and it will not be lost.

Git Installation

Install

If you want Git tutorial then visit the link Git tutorial

3. PowerToys

Now comes the software that I think not much people know about.

PowerToys is also a software developed by Microsoft itself and is a really good and powerful software. It gives you a lot more features on Windows. You can have fast search, rename/modify files easily. Change file size, etc very easily.

For me, this is a must have software on windows, whether you're a developer or not.

Let me show you some screenshots of the features it gives.

PowerToys Installation

Install

Or install from Github

4. Terminal

There comes another really interesting software from Microsoft, that looks really great by design.

If you're a preogrammer, you must be aware of the PowerShell and Command Prompt on Windows. But if you are looking for a really good looking area to run your scripts, Windows Terminal is made for you. This also adds a lot of features in your hands, like tabs in the same window.

I mean, just look at it.

Windows Terminal Installation

Install

So, that's all for this list. If you liked the post, just leave a comment and please share it with your other developer friends, to make their Windows better too.

See you in the next post.

Till then Bye Bye :)

Hello folks, in this post, we will explore how can you create an effect like this using HTML, CSS and JS.

The simple logic

Just replace the "divname" in the code by the name given to the div to that you want to apply this hover effect. We will use jQuery. So firstly, import this line:

<!-- paste this line either in the 'title' tag or at the end of body -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/swiper@8/swiper-bundle.min.css" />

//JS part
document.getElementById("divname").onmousemove = e => {
	const divname = document.getElementById("divname")
    const rect = projects.getBoundingClientRect(),
    	x = e.clientX - rect.left,
    	y = e.clientY - rect.top;

	projects.style.setProperty("--mouse-x", `${x}px`);
    projects.style.setProperty("--mouse-y", `${y}px`);
};

The CSS (playing with logic)

Now we will add some css to make this effect working.

/* CSS part -- this is the most important part to show the effect */
#divname::before {
    content: '';
    opacity: 0;
    position: absolute;
    height: 100%;
    width: 100%;
    /* background: white; */
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    background: radial-gradient(
        800px circle at var(--mouse-x) var(--mouse-y), 
        rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.1),
        transparent 40%);
    transition: .5s all;
}
#divname:hover::before {
    opacity: 1;
}

Complete Code

Now I will show you how you can make the same thing as I showed you in the preview.

HTML part:

<!-- This is the html of the preview -->

<html lang="en">

<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8"></meta>
    <meta content="IE=edge" http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible"></meta>
    <meta content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" name="viewport"></meta>
    <title>Hover glow effect</title>
    <link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/swiper@8/swiper-bundle.min.css" rel="stylesheet"></link>
    <link href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/6.1.2/css/all.min.css" rel="stylesheet"></link>
</head>

<body>
<section id="skills">
        <div class="character">
            <img src="Assets/Images/AREmoji_20220823_102301_38219.gif" alt="Shivesh Tiwari">
        </div>
        <div class="skills-container">
            <h1>Skills</h1>
            <br /><br />
            HTML/CSS
            <div class="skill-meter">
                <div class="skill-reading skill-reading-transition" id="html" style="width: 100%;"></div>
            </div>
            <br />
            React JS
            <div class="skill-meter">
                <div class="skill-reading skill-reading-transition" style="width: 70%;"></div>
            </div>
            <br />
            JavaScript
            <div class="skill-meter">
                <div class="skill-reading skill-reading-transition" style="width: 90%;"></div>
            </div>
            <br />
            UI/UX
            <div class="skill-meter">
                <div class="skill-reading skill-reading-transition" style="width: 85%;"></div>
            </div>
        </div>
    </section>
</body>
</html>

/* add this css to the html */
* {
    margin: 0%;
    padding: 0%;
}
body {
    /* font-family: "Poppins"; */
    background: var(--default-theme);
    /* background: black; */
    overflow-x: hidden;
	font-family: 'Montserrat', sans-serif;
	min-height: 100vh;
}
section {
    min-height: 100vh;
    width: 100%;
    position: relative;
    z-index: 1;
}
#skills .character img {
    height: 100%;
    position: absolute;
    left: 0%;
    top: 0%;
}
#skills .skills-container {
    color: var(--dark-text-color);
    width: 30%;
    height: auto;
    padding: 2rem;
    /* background: red; */
    position: absolute;
    top: 50%;
    left: 55%;
    transform: translate(0,-50%);
}
#skills .skill-meter {
    width: 100%;
    height: .7rem;
    background: white;
    border-radius: 1rem;
    margin-top: .6rem;
    padding: .1rem;
}
#skills .skill-meter .skill-reading {
    background: #4e33a4;
    height: 100%;
    border-radius: 2rem;
    transition: 5s linear;
}
#skills {
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
    align-items: center;
    justify-content: center;
    color: var(--dark-text-color);
    /* animation: 10s shape_color linear infinite; */
    backdrop-filter: blur(10px);
    background: rgba(74, 255, 165, 0.1);
    box-shadow: 0 25px 45px rgba(0,0,0,0.1);
    border-top: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.5);
    border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.5);
}
#skills::before {
    content: '';
    opacity: 0;
    position: absolute;
    height: 100%;
    width: 100%;
    /* background: white; */
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    background: radial-gradient(
        800px circle at var(--mouse-x) var(--mouse-y), 
        rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.1),
        transparent 40%);
    transition: .5s all;
}
#skills:hover::before {
    opacity: 1;
}

That's all for this post, see you in the next.

Hello there,

In this article you will learn how can you let the user input something when the website loads and the site will display that input on the screen.
We are going to use JavaScript Prompt to take the input from the user.

Prerequisites

Very basic knowledge of JavaScript

So, let's start the coding part...

HTML

Just give a id to the element whose content you have to change.

Here, I have to change the content inside the div with id "name".

So, we are all set. Now let's jump to the main JS part...

It's just a two line script and you're done.

JS

What we are doing here is taking a prompt input from the user and storing it in the variable called "name".

Then we're changing the content of the div with id "name".

So, that's it for this post. This was a small basic tutorial on JavaScript. Have a look on my other JavaScript projects by clicking the button below.

Hello there! In this article we are going to create a programmer way to write an application. We will write an application using Python.

Ideation

So, as you all know that we have a specific format to write an application. In this post, I've chosen a leave application. Firstly, what we want is the sample of the application. Then, we are going to format the sample of the application with the important information. And at the end, we'll create a new file to output the text application and save it.

Prerequisites

A basic knowledge of file handling and string formatting.

The way I am going to make the program is using file handling in Python with string formatting. But you can also just make the use of string formatting to modify the program.

Firstly I saved a very raw and simple sample of application written in a file named, "letter.txt". I've used a simple format. Modify the file as per your requirements.

Note: Just keep the data that is to be changed with the application inside "{ }" brackets. And use a single unique word to define the information used inside it. We are going to change this information using string formatting

Now create a Python script file, say "letter.py" and start to code.

Coding

Firstly, we are using the template saved in our file, "letter.txt". So, we'll have to use it, open and read the content inside it. We are going to use the concept of file handling here.

In these two lines, I've opened the file, in read mode (because we don't want to modify the file) and then I've read the content inside the file using read function and stored it in a variable, text.

Now, we have got the format in the text variable. Now, just replace those reference variables written inside the "{ }" brackets with the required data.

We're going to make the user input the required data. So, let's make some variables to let the user input some data.

Note: I've used the same word references stored in the file inside "{ }" brackets. You can also do the same to remove any confusion.

Now, everything is well setup for us.

At last, We have to change the content in the text variable.

I've created a variable and then changed its content with the text content of text variable, using string formatting. And after that in the same variable I've replaced the references with the variables.

This is a bit complicated to see as I've combined two steps in one. But, just look at it once and you will get it easily. If not, separate the two steps and print them one by one and see the difference.

At the end, close the opened file, "letter.txt".

Now, you have created your application using python. Print the "temp_str" variable and see the output.

Here, we are going to make a new output file to save the application.

So, we'll again use the concept of file handling.

Congratulations! You have created a Python program to create your own application.

Code: