Introduction

This application is a take home project as a part of the interview process for CrateBind.

Click here for the technical requirements of the app

Click here for live version of the app

Future Improvements

Without the time contraint of a take home project, here are some improvements I would make:

Adding Redux State

Since there was only a few pieces of state and a handful of simple components, I felt like Redux was overkill for this project. With more time, more features and more complex state Redux would be a necessary addition.

Expand from mobile first design to make the page more user friendly for bigger devices

Adding a grid system that collapses would make more data accessible to users on laptops and monitors.

Making repo item components more interactive

I grabbed very basic information from the individual repos to display on the screen. These components could be significantly expanded depending on what users wanted to see related to popular repos.

Adding CI/CD

Must have for a real app

Local Environment Setup

This application runs on node version 18.12. You can use the n library to manage multiple node versions

Step 1: Install Node 18.2

$ npm install -g n $ n 18.12

Step 2: Install Node Modules

$ npm install

Development

To run the server locally:

$ npm start

Testing

This applicaiton uses the react testing library. From the testing console you have full power to run all or specific tests. Load the testing console by running:

$ npm test