From 879ca56d2666e26ae09d44da6857535cd3aab227 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ssavan99 <58150774+Ssavan99@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2026 22:26:55 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Add live demo link and CI badge to the README The app is deployed again at boggle-fxe8hwa0duhvc8hc.centralus-01.azurewebsites.net, three years after the original Azure site went down with the course subscription. - Link the live demo, noting the free-tier wake time so a slow first load does not read as a broken site - Add the build badge - Record CI and the redeploy in the modernization list Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 --- README.md | 11 ++++++++--- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index b68d485..7112e4f 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ # Boggle +[![Build, test and deploy](https://github.com/Ssavan99/Boggle/actions/workflows/azure-deploy.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/Ssavan99/Boggle/actions/workflows/azure-deploy.yml) + A web implementation of the word game **Boggle**, with single-player and multiplayer modes. Built on ASP.NET Core with a dependency-free game engine covered by unit tests. @@ -9,8 +11,10 @@ covered by unit tests. Two browsers, one game — chaining letters, guesses accumulating, and the leaderboard resolving at the end of the round. - -> **Live demo:** _not yet redeployed — link goes here_ +### ▶ [Play it live](https://boggle-fxe8hwa0duhvc8hc.centralus-01.azurewebsites.net) + +Hosted on Azure App Service's free tier, so the first request after a quiet +spell takes up to a minute to wake the app. It's quick once it's warm. ## Features @@ -165,4 +169,5 @@ This repo is a solo modernization of that work: crashed outside a development layout - Removed Azure publish profiles containing credential fields from what is a public repository -- Containerized the app, replacing the retired Azure deployment +- Containerized the app and added CI that runs the test suite before every deploy +- Redeployed to Azure App Service, restoring a live demo after three years down