This is a bookshelf app that allows you to select and categorize books that you have read, are currently reading, or want to read. The project is implemented entirely in React and makes use of the Udacity Books API server.
This app is deployed with Netlify and can be accessed here: my-reads.ramizrahman.com. I hope you have fun playing with it.
It's a single page app (SPA) that makes use of React Router to navigate between two pages - home and search.
The homepage consists of three shelves - Currently Reading, Want to Read, and Read. Books in a bookshelf are arranged in a grid that is implemented using CSS Grids.
Click on the option icon located at the bottom right of a book to view a list of available shelves. The default value for the control is the current shelf the book is in. Click on the name in the list to move the book to the respective shelf. Clicking on None will remove the book from the homepage.
You can also drag a book and drop it to another shelf in order to move it. This is implemented using the native HTML Drag and Drop API.
Click on the plus floating action button to navigate to the search page. Type in the name of a topic or category (e.g. poetry, history, artificial intelligence, web development, react) and a list of books belonging to that category will be fetched from the server. The API call is debounced using lodash debounce in order to improve performance. Clicking on the back arrow will navigate you back to the homepage.
Just like in the homepage, click on the option icon located at the bottom right of a book to view a list of available shelves. Use it to move the book into the corresponding bookshelf in the home screen. When a book is already in a bookshelf, the corresponding value will be selected in the control.
To locally install and run this app, clone this repo and install the dependencies
$ git clone https://github.com/ramiz-rahman/my-reads.git
$ cd my-reads
$ npm install
This project was bootstrapped with Create React App.
In the project directory, you can run:
Runs the app in the development mode.
Open http://localhost:3000 to view it in the browser.
The page will reload if you make edits.
You will also see any lint errors in the console.
Launches the test runner in the interactive watch mode.
See the section about running tests for more information.
Builds the app for production to the build folder.
It correctly bundles React in production mode and optimizes the build for the best performance.
The build is minified and the filenames include the hashes.
Your app is ready to be deployed!
See the section about deployment for more information.
Note: this is a one-way operation. Once you eject, you can’t go back!
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My Reads is released under the MIT License