koderjoker / MyReads-book-app

A book organising application

MyReads Project

The following project uses

• The JavaScript Library react
• The react toolchain create-react-app
• react-router package for routing
• The Udacity API

It allows the the user to build a book list of their own with books separated according to whether the user is currently reading a book, wants to read a book or has read a book.

To run on system

• Clone repository locally
• Ensure you have installed Node.js and npm on your system else run npm install npm -g
• Install all project dependencies with npm install
• Start the development server with npm start

Navigation

• Books are listed under Currently Reading, Want to Read and Read on the home page
• To change a book's status click on the green drop down button on the bottom right of a book cover. Clicking on None removes the book from the list
• To add new books, click on the green plus button at the bottom right of the home page, which will guide you to the search page . Books can be searched by title or author (Available search terms are as mentioned in SEARCH_TERMS.md). Then select the book of your choice by changing its status as explained above.

Note

• Built on starter code from Udacity
• General ideas for implementation taken from Udacity's react section, react's and react-router's documentation and Udacity's webinars