Show HN: Poker Skills Website for Beginners – With Boss/Panic Screen
I enjoy playing poker with my friends, but I have to admit, I’m a classic ‘fish’, particularly after a beer!<p>I’ve created a web app where fellow fish can practice their poker skills for free against bots.<p>www.pokerpupil.com<p>As a homage to old computer games, I’ve added a boss&#x2F;panic screen: press ‘b’ to open a fake spreadsheet. (Desktop web only)<p>My hope is us fellow fish can rise up and take down our next home game.<p>I built the game in Flutter, using this tutorial as a base: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=PSN2hBf8D5Q" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=PSN2hBf8D5Q</a><p>Things I liked about Flutter:<p>(1) Components are fun to build. The instant preview when you save your code never gets old.<p>(2) Lots of really nice pre-built UI to get you up and running quickly.<p>(3) Write the code once, launch on multiple surfaces (iOS, Android, Web, Mac, Windows). This capability is inspiring me to build a lot more software!<p>(4) Decent community of developers.<p>Things that were less good:<p>(1) Takes a while to load, particularly on mobile. (~4MB download)<p>(2) Seems too “heavy” for everyday web projects. But fine for larger web apps &#x2F; desktop &#x2F; mobile software.<p>(3) Working out how to use Provider was intimidating to start with, but the tutorial linked above really helped me work it.<p>Ideas? Questions? support@pokerpupil.com