Doing some reading this morning lead me to this site which has a collection of 10 bits of code that you can tweet. Reading this reminded me of the 5Kb website challenge. The premise was to create a functional website in 5Kb of code. That included all images, javascript, css, html… EVERYTHING! I recall there were a number of very complex graphic manipulation tools and even a shopping cart. Today I’m building out a new design for a client and my CSS include alone is already 3,197 bytes. This got me to thinking, we need a new 5Kb website challenge.
So here it is! What can you make in 5Kb?
Rules:
- All HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Images and any initial httpRequest() content loaded at startup must be less than 5Kb
- Content loaded via AJAX (if used) must be less than 5Kb per load request. In other words, it it loads a json object that references an image, the image + json must be less than 5Kb in size.
- The site must “do” something.
Prizes
I’ll give the three (3) best entries a 512Mb Memorex Mini USB Thumb Drive. Entries must be submitted by June 16, 2008 to be eligible for a prize. Submit your site and description in the comments below.
Judging and all that good stuff is subject to participation. If we have enough entries, I’ll open it to the community - otherwise, I’ll be the judge. I’m off to get started on my (non-eligible) project.
There’s a promo code up on the Facebook Group for GSP East right now from Dave McClure of 500hats fame (among other things). The code is gspe08fgd, but the breaking news is app developers who register now can get up to 50% off if they enter their app into the App Nite contest which is a 5 minute demo. Wish that 30% code was around when I registered!
