Simple web app for throw-away notes

I recently discovered the Svelte web framework. Its approach seemed quite interesting, so I decided to dive deeper and work through their interactive tutorial (which is a really well-designed learning experience).

It got me hooked.

I was never very proficient in JavaScript, but the ergonomics and API of Svelte just looked too good to not try building something with it. Plus it was a good chance to get familiar with TypeScript, which Svelte supports.

I started simple and made a very basic note-taking app, which is literally just a bunch <textarea>'s slapped together. I've been using Tot on macOS for a while, so I wanted to have something similar on my Linux machines.

It's live at https://jotdown.page and I've been using it for quick notes throughout the day.

Source code is available on GitHub.

Here's a quick demo of how it works: