Collage Maker

A Javascript learning project.

Get better at Javascript ⏳
Design and build an application that uses images, text and shapes to create pleasing compositions in a collage-like form.
Learn how to use XML HTTP Requests to query an external data source, in this case an image API hosted by a 3rd party, and retrieve images based on user keyword input. ✅
- Take user input and do something useful.
Generate SVG shapes randomly. ✅
Utilize SVG masking functionality. ✅
Use ES 6 modules. ✅
Leverage npm in a useful way ✅
- Using browser sync and sass in on nice npm run command ✅

Cribbed a function from MDN that allows me to change the stylesheet itself, to modify the main container's background color.
- added that function to utils.js.
Did some futzing w/ the way numbers are generated with respect to the polygon point placement.
Removed unused code & unnecessary comments.
Added a new module for text shape manipulation, but have yet to actually implement... 🙃
Littered README file w/ emojiis.
Formatting more consistent across the entire app.

Removed redundant code.
added a utlils.js file for functions that are widely used or do repetitive tasks
fixing up files for better readability and removing commented out code
left some commented console log, b/c I'm still a little unclear about functionality, so I might want to return them later

Added a proper README.md
update to package.json: running npm start sets up browser sync and starts sass watching as well...
added in functionality to generate shapes (mostly triangles using polygon)
figured out how to make my xhr function generic and therefore be able to get more than one image at time.

created this project
wrestled w/ many of the subjects raised in the goals section
dynamic circle generation
sorted out how to use the masking functionality in svgs
set up browser-sync for development
a whole boatload of experiments, falling down rabbit holes, despair, frustration, jubilation, wandering down blind alleys and general good times...