Build a retro gaming app — Web Dev Challenge S1E2

Sponsored by AWS Amplify (https://lwj.dev/amplify) — What could you create if you had 30 minutes to plan and 4 hours to build? Lindsay Wardell, Dev Agrawal, Ben Hong, and Jason Lengstorf took on the Web Dev Challenge to find out. *THE CHALLENGE* _Build a retro gaming-themed app._ Make something nostalgic for the 8-bit days! Bring gamers together, pay homage to your favorite classic game, or even build a game of your own! *THE TOOL* Apps must use AWS Amplify (https://lwj.dev/amplify) as part of the build. Amplify was recently reimagined with Gen 2. It's got auth, storage, data, real-time updates, functions, and hosting — everything you need to build just about anything for the web. #webdevelopment #challenge #javascript #graphql #reactjs *THE DEVS* Ben Hong ( @BenCodeZen ) https://www.bencodezen.io/ Lindsay Wardell (https://www.lindsaykwardell.com/) Dev Agrawal (https://devagr.me/) Jason Lengstorf (‪ @learnwithjason ) https://jason.energy/links *THE ADVISOR* Erik Hanchett ( @ProgramWithErik ) https://www.linkedin.com/in/erikhanchett/ *THE APPS* Jason's 8-Bit Club: https://github.com/learnwithjason/4d1a-retro-games-amplify Ben's AmpShark: https://main.d2eggt74ij5fbr.amplifyapp.com/ · https://github.com/bencodezen/amp-shark Lindsay's Dysentery Community: https://github.com/lindsaykwardell/amplify Dev's Tournitrix: https://github.com/devagrawal09/ampitrix ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Join me in building a happier, healthier, friendlier web dev community! https://lwj.dev/newsletter ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Chapters: 0:00 In this episode... 0:44 The challenge 1:05 What is AWS Amplify Gen 2 for? 3:00 Ben's plan 3:50 Dev's plan 4:56 Lindsay's plan 5:39 Jason's plan 7:04 Building 14:41 Demo time! 14:57 Jason's app 16:39 Ben's app 19:18 Lindsay's app 22:09 Dev's app 24:53 Final thoughts