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And https://ath3nd.wordpress.com/2022/01/11/about-wordle/
The idea with the game is to have fun, not to make it impenetrable for techies (in which case a backend would have been nice)
> It seems like many of the variables are given names that are not descriptive at all to make it a bit more difficult to read. The code is just minimized for prod.. The article as written makes it sound like the developer(s) intentionally wrote their code cryptically, whereas minimization for deployment is fairly standard practice
How common is it to have your minifier change symbol/variable names to short ones?
> It seems like many of the variables are given names that are not descriptive at all to make it a bit more difficult to read. The code is just minimized for prod.. The article as written makes it sound like the developer(s) intentionally wrote their code cryptically, whereas minimization for deployment is fairly standard practice
> It seems like many of the variables are given names that are not descriptive at all to make it a bit more difficult to read. The code is just minimized for prod.. The article as written makes it sound like the developer(s) intentionally wrote their code cryptically, whereas minimization for deployment is fairly standard practice
If they really wanted to hide it, there are some nasty obfuscators for JavaScript: https://obfuscator.io/
> var Ha = new Date(2021,5,19,0,0,0,0); > My assumption is that this is the launch date for Wordle But not 19th of May 2021, but 20th of June 2021 Every time I look as JavaScript, I find a new reason to hate it.
Only 50%; the month is zero-indexed, but the day isn't.
I just hope the wordle developers manage to cash in on their going-viral jackpot without losing it to copycats or spoiling the experience for players.
I believe the developer was interviewed and said he/she has no plans to change the game to make money. If you go to just https://www.powerlanguage.co.uk/ (maker of the game) you can see he made other games on Reddit (The Button and Place) and is listed as an artist, product manager, and engineer. I suspect the attention the game has received has resulted in many head hunters reaching out. Think of Wordle as a loss le…