ritola / pomodoro

Distraction free simplistic pomodoro timer

Pomodoro timer

This is a distraction free simplistic pomodoro timer. It starts to count down 25 minutes when you load the screen, and stops after 25 minutes. I put this on my second display full screen over all the distracting applications like mail or chat. Quite often pomodoro timers have something going on in their screens - something that may distract you. Distraction is quite opposite what pomodoro timers should do for you - giving a time to focus.

See it in action

Wikipedia article about Pomodoro Technique

Here is the screenshot:

How to use:

• Reload your screen to restart.
• There is no timer for the break. You should rest outside of your desk. Come back when you have rested.
• There is no pause. You have lost your pomodoro if something is distracting you. Have a break and start a new pomodoro.
• There are no settings. You should focus 25 minutes and not fiddling with the settings.
• Shorter or longer times to focus? Bad luck, just focus 25 minutes and get things done.

There are something to improve, though:

• You might stare at the timer. I do this quite often. It's relaxing, but not what you should do.
• Let others know that you are focusing and come back later. Ideas for this are welcome, both remote and colocated environments.

Developing

Prerequisites

You need:

• Node.js (https://nodejs.org/, v12 in the time of developing)
• Yarn (npm install -g yarn)

Preparing

After checking out the git project, run the following command to install the npm packages:

yarn

Coding

Start a developer environment:

yarn start

Open http://localhost:3000 to view it in the browser.

Test coverage is not too high at the moment.

Installing

Make an installation package:

yarn build

Copy the contents of the build directory to the web server of your choice.