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You've got a server — or you're about to make one — and a blank slate. The fastest way to learn Falix is to build one real thing all the way through. This guide is a chooser: pick what sounds fun, and it points you straight at the guide that takes you there, with an honest note on how much time and code each path asks for.
| At a glance | |
|---|---|
| You need | a Falix account — each guide below tells you which application to create |
| Plan | free or premium — every project here runs on the free plan |
| Time | two minutes to choose; each build has its own estimate |
There's no wrong first project. Pick the row that makes you want to open a new tab:
| If you want to… | Build this first | Effort | Guide |
|---|---|---|---|
| Play with friends tonight | A Minecraft server | No code, ~20 min | Minecraft Java quickstart |
| Add commands to your Discord | A Discord bot | A little JavaScript, ~15 min | Host a discord.js bot |
| Put a page on the internet | A static website | No backend code, ~10 min | Host a static website |
| Build something that does a job | A URL shortener | Some Node.js, ~30 min | Build a URL shortener |
If you just want to see something work, this is it. You don't write a line of code: you create the server, pick your software, and share a name your friends type to join. It's the most forgiving first project because the whole thing is clicks in the panel.
Good to know before you start: on the free plan a Minecraft server stops itself a little while after the last player leaves, and you start it again when you want to play. That's normal, not a bug — the free-plan gaming guide explains the rhythm.
A bot is the classic "I made this" project. You'll deploy a working /ping bot from a template, paste in a token, and watch it answer in your server — then read the code and add a command of your own. It asks for a little JavaScript, but the starter guide hands you working code first and explains every line after, so you're never staring at a blank file.
💡 Tip: You'll need a bot token from Discord first — the your first Discord bot guide walks through getting one before you write any code.
Have some HTML, CSS, and images? A portfolio, a landing page, a game-jam entry? A static site is the shortest path from files to a public URL. No backend, no database — a real web server just serves your files. Deploy the template, drop your files in, done. The static website guide is the whole story.
When you're ready for a project with moving parts — takes input, stores it, hands something back — the URL shortener is the sweet spot. It's a complete little app in three files: Express receives a long link, saves it in a database, and returns a short code that redirects. It's marked intermediate because you'll touch a few concepts at once (a web framework, a database, routes), but the guide builds it up piece by piece and you end with something genuinely useful.
An honest rule of thumb:
🎯 Good to know: Your server isn't locked to one choice. You can switch a server to a different application later (it reinstalls and wipes files first, with a warning), or run a second project in its own instance. Picking wrong today costs you nothing.
Whatever you build, two ideas from the basics make everything else click:
Read one guide, build one thing, and you'll know more about Falix than any amount of clicking around.