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
• Author

Overview

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

Screenshots

Links

• Solution URL: ThisPage
• Live Site URL: Github Pages live url

My process

Built with

• Semantic HTML5 markup
• CSS custom properties
• Flexbox
• CSS Grid
• Mobile-first workflow
• Custom components
• Custom hooks
• [React] - JS library
• [TailwindCSS] - For styles

What I learned

I had my first opportunity to try localStorage and use it with tailwind darkmode class-based switch functionality.

Continued development

It was supposed to be a small challenge, but in the end it turned out to be great eye-opener. This little side project reminded me to look into Fetch API, Promises and type checking.

Author

• Website - Daniel Brož
• Frontend Mentor - @DanoBroz