Frontend Mentor - GitHub user search app solution

This is a solution to the GitHub user search app challenge on Frontend Mentor. Frontend Mentor challenges help you improve your coding skills by building realistic projects.

Table of contents

• Overview
  • The challenge
  • Screenshot
  • Links
• My process
  • Built with
  • What I learned
  • Continued development
  • Useful resources
• Author

Overview

Web application that searches for users in the GitHub API by username and displays their information.

The challenge

Users should be able to:

• View the optimal layout for the app depending on their device's screen size
• See hover states for all interactive elements on the page
• Search for GitHub users by their username
• See relevant user information based on their search
• Switch between light and dark themes
• Bonus: Have the correct color scheme chosen for them based on their computer preferences. Hint: Research prefers-color-scheme in CSS.

Screenshot

Links

• Solution URL: [https://www.frontendmentor.io/solutions/github-user-search-app-with-next-and-tailwind-css-noj9HdQ201]
• Live Site URL: [https://github-user-search-app-ten-liard.vercel.app/]

My process

Built with

• Semantic HTML5 markup
• Mobile-first workflow
• Tailwind CSS - CSS Framework
• React - JS library
• Next.js - React framework

What I learned

I learned how to implement switching between light and dark theme. How to use useEffect to consume from an API once the component has been rendered.

Continued development

I would like to focus on using context rather than passing props between components.

Useful resources

• Example resource 1 - This helped me for because I had a warning that said: extra attributes from the server.

Author

• Website - Laura Elena Mesa
• Frontend Mentor - @laurymesa01
• LinkedIn - @lauraelenamesa