MyReads: A Book Tracking App

This project creates a React web app where you can put books in three different shelves/categories: have read, currently reading, or want to read. The app has a search page with a feature that searches a list of books which comes from an API.

The project initializes with Facebook's create-react-app scaffolding and some HTML+CSS code from @richardkalehoff of Udacity.

I'm responsible for all the functionality of the app and the React code behind that functionality.

Dependencies

The primary dependency of the project is NodeJS: you need to have Node JS installed on your machine if you intend to try to open this app locally. You can check whether you have Node installed by typing node --version from your Command Line. The rest of the dependencies will be taken care of by npm i found in the next section. Please visit https://nodejs.org if you don't currently have Node installed.

Launching the app

1. You can start by cloning the file: a. Navigate to the GitHub repo page: https://github.com/call900913/reactUI-rchristy-project1. b. Click on the green Clone or download button and then click on the Download ZIP button, or you can type this line from your Command Line:

git clone https://github.com/call900913/reactUI-rchristy-project1.git

2. Navigate to the project root directory and type in the following command:

npm install

3. Next, run this command to start the local server and launch the app:

npm start

Although the app's functionality is limited (with search terms listed in SEARCH_TERMS.md and a relatively small list of books), it does -- together with its files -- highlight a structure of Components, a hallmark feature of React.