Community Book Club App Challenge

Release 1: Basic Functionality

1. Design the user interface:

   • Create a Home component that displays featured book clubs, recommended books, or upcoming events.
   • Include sections for browsing book clubs, book recommendations, and joining discussions.
   • Implement a navigation bar component to switch between different views.

2. Implement book club listing functionality:

   • Create a BookClubList component that renders a list of available book clubs.
   • Display book club information such as name, description, location, and number of members.
   • Use mock data or a book club API to fetch and populate the book club list.

3. Implement book club details view:

   • Create a BookClubDetails component that displays the full details of a selected book club.
   • Show book club name, description, location, meeting schedule, and member list.
   • Include an option to join the book club.

Release 2: Book Discussions and Recommendations

1. Implement book discussion functionality:

   • Create a DiscussionBoard component that allows members of a book club to post and participate in discussions.
   • Display discussion threads with titles, authors, timestamps, and member comments.
   • Include options for members to create new discussion threads and reply to existing ones.

2. Add book recommendation feature:

   • Create a RecommendationForm component for users to submit book recommendations to a book club.
   • Include fields for book title, author, description, and reasons for the recommendation.
   • Display submitted recommendations in the BookClubDetails component.

3. Implement book search and recommendation engine:

   • Create a BookSearch component that allows users to search for books based on titles, authors, or genres.
   • Use a book API or mock data to fetch book search results.
   • Implement a recommendation engine that suggests books based on user preferences or past reading history.

Release 3: User Profiles and Notifications

1. Implement user profiles:

   • Create a UserProfile component where users can view and edit their profile information.
   • Include options to add a profile picture, update personal details, and view joined book clubs.

2. Enable notifications:

   • Implement a notification system to notify users of new discussions, book club updates, or recommended books.
   • Display notifications in the app interface or send push notifications to users.

3. Admin and moderation features:

   • Implement administrative features for managing book clubs, discussions, and user memberships.
   • Provide moderation tools to remove inappropriate content or manage user reports.

Guidelines:

• Use React functional components and hooks for building the user interface and managing state.
• Utilize React Router for navigation between different views, such as the Home, BookClubDetails, and UserProfile components.
• Store book club, discussion, and user data in a state management tool like Redux or the React Context API.
• Consider using a UI library like Material-UI, Ant Design, or React Bootstrap for enhanced visual components.
• You can use this mock api library: https://github.com/audiolion/books-mock-api or any other mock API to fetch books data.
• Integrate with relevant APIs or use mock data to simulate book club information, discussions, and book recommendations.
• Provide clear instructions on how to run the application and any necessary setup steps in the documentation.