Front-end
Development
Design
UI/UX
Bright Reads
An online library web application.
Role
Front-end Developer.
Type
Personal Project
Date
Oct.2022
Tech & Tools
Overview
Bright Reads is a dynamic online library web application integrated with Google Books and Open Library API’s. It enables users to search, explore, and discover millions of books across various genres and categories. With a user-friendly interface, Bright Reads makes it easy for book enthusiasts to find their next read.
Lessons Learned
Building Bright Reads was an opportunity to experiment and learn about different concepts in React, Javascript, and design. Some of the things i learned about include:
- Performing multiple fetch requests simultaneously using
Promise.allto prevent waterfall data fetching. - Utilize browser session caching to persist fetched data, enhancing performance and user experience.
- Using Regex and various string methods to clean and format fetched text data, making it more presentable and user-friendly.
- Reducing data fetching time by implemeting pagination and load additional data as needed.
- Preventing layout shifts during page loading by using skeleton loaders as a placeholder, which contributes to an intuitive and smoother user experience. React-loading-skeleton is great library for such cases.
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