This project was created as part of the HousingAnywhere Front End Engineer Challenge.
Clone the app from the GitHub repo and run the following command from inside the rickAndmortyCharacters folder
Executing the following command will run the app in a development server by default on port 3000
Open http://localhost:3000 to view it in the browser.
A few justifications/explanations behind some of my design choices below:
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Why is the Dashboard a class component and the Characters a functional one?
My reason - The Dashboard Component dealt with making the API call to the Rick and Morty API endpoint on load, so the class component. The Characters component essentially had to display data and there was no real interaction(s), hence the functional component. I could've used Hooks to make the Dashboard Component functional, too, but using a class was a conscious decision to depict the view and the logic differently.
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Why use semantic-ui and styled-components when plain ol' CSS would've cut it?
My reason - I wanted to demonstrate knowledge of these libraries as I use them in my day-to-day work in my current role.