Backroads App

backroads-html - working html/css/javascript project (contains assets)
final(complete source code) - working react application
- navigate to the folder
- run 'npm install'
- once the dependencies are installed run 'npm start'

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install

npx create-react-app@latest backroads-app

run dev server

npm start

SRC Folder (boilerplate)

index.js

import React from "react";
import ReactDOM from "react-dom/client";

// styles (typically global)
import "./index.css";

// convention to name it App and setup in a separate file
import App from "./App";
// import report web vitals
import reportWebVitals from "./reportWebVitals";

// StrictMode

// StrictMode is a tool for highlighting potential problems in an application.Activates additional checks and warnings for its descendants.Runs only in Development, does not impact the production build. RENDERS TWICE !!! Possible to remove.

const root = ReactDOM.createRoot(document.getElementById("root"));
root.render(
  <React.StrictMode>
    <App />
  </React.StrictMode>
);

// If you want to start measuring performance in your app, pass a function
// to log results (for example: reportWebVitals(console.log))
// or send to an analytics endpoint. Learn more: https://bit.ly/CRA-vitals
reportWebVitals();

remove in src
- setupTests.js
- reportWebVitals.js
- App.test.js
be careful with multiple css files

App.js

function App() {
  return <h1>backroads app</h1>;
}

export default App;

remove
- remove logo.svg
- App.css

Setup Structure

public/index.html
- change title
- copy/paste font-awesome link (from html project)
index.css
- copy/paste css (from html project - css/styles.css)
- error in line 209, just comment out for now

@media screen and (min-width: 768px) {
  /* .hero {
    background: linear-gradient(rgb(44, 174, 186, 0.7), rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7)),
      url('../images/main.jpeg') center/cover no-repeat;
  } */
}

src folder
- copy/paste images folder (from html project)
- move favicon.ico to public
App.js
- refactor to <React.Fragment>
- copy/paste all the content within body tags, up to <script> (index.html)
- select all "class" instances and refactor to "className" (CMD + D)
- fix the comment bug (remove or comment out)
- don't worry about - Using target="_blank" without rel="noreferrer" warning, will fix it later
- move README.md from final to current project

Setup Components

in src create components folder
in the components create following files
- Navbar.js
- Hero.js
- About.js
- Services.js
- Tours.j
- Footer.js
setup components with default export (snippet - rafce)
carefully move the code from App.js into components (files)
- hint - look for navbar, footer and section tags
App.js should be empty
import and render all components in App.js (try auto imports)
result is going to be the same, it's just easier to manage the code
again, it's just my preference to split up code in such way. You can split it up in any way that makes the most sense to you.

Navbar

first let's fix the image (logo)
- setup import from images and update source

// import
import logo from "../images/logo.svg";

// JSX
<img src={logo} className="nav-logo" alt="backroads" />;

Smooth Scroll

html/css feature

<!-- link -->
<a href="#services"> services </a>
<!-- element -->
<section id="services"></section>

html {
  scroll-behavior: smooth;
}
.section {
  /* navbar height */
  scroll-margin-top: 4rem;
}

Page Links

refactor repeating code

<li>
  <a href="#home" className="nav-link">
    home
  </a>
</li>

figure out which data is repeating hint (href, text )
in src create data.js and setup a structure
- (hint - [{property:value},{property:value}])
export/import iterate over the list,return elements and inject data

export const pageLinks = [
  { id: 1, href: "#home", text: "home" },
  { id: 2, href: "#about", text: "about" },
  { id: 3, href: "#services", text: "services" },
  { id: 4, href: "#tours", text: "tours" },
];

import { pageLinks } from "../data";

{
  pageLinks.map((link) => {
    return (
      <li key={link.id}>
        <a href={link.href} className="nav-link">
          {link.text}
        </a>
      </li>
    );
  });
}

Nav Icons (social-links)

repeat the same steps (as with page links)
add rel='noreferrer'

{
  socialLinks.map((link) => {
    const { id, href, icon } = link;
    return (
      <li key={id}>
        <a href={href} target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" className="nav-icon">
          <i className={icon}></i>
        </a>
      </li>
    );
  });
}

Hero

change title or text (optional)
fix the image (path in css)

About

fix the image (hint - just like with logo in the navbar)

Section Title

in components create Title.js
get the structure from one of the sections
setup two props
replace in About, Services, Tours

const Title = ({ title, subTitle }) => {
  return (
    <div className="section-title">
      <h2>
        {title} <span>{subTitle}</span>
      </h2>
    </div>
  );
};
export default Title;

About.js

// import
import Title from "./Title";

// display
<Title title="about" subTitle="us" />;

Services

refactor repeating code (hint - just like with page and social links)
- setup data, export/import, iterate

data.js

export const services = [
  {
    id: 1,
    icon: "fas fa-wallet fa-fw",
    title: "saving money",
    text: "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit.Asperiores, officia",
  },
  // rest of the objects
];

Services.js

import Title from "./Title";
import { services } from "../data";
const Services = () => {
  return (
    <section className="section services" id="services">
      <Title title="our" subTitle="services" />

      <div className="section-center services-center">
        {services.map((service) => {
          const { id, icon, title, text } = service;
          return (
            <article className="service" key={id}>
              <span className="service-icon">
                <i className={icon}></i>
              </span>
              <div className="service-info">
                <h4 className="service-title">{title}</h4>
                <p className="service-text">{text}</p>
              </div>
            </article>
          );
        })}
      </div>
    </section>
  );
};
export default Services;

Tours

refactor repeating code

Footer

refactor repeating code
re-use page and social links
in the provide current year (hint - {})

Alternative Approach (optional)

in components create PageLinks.js
import pageLinks
return the entire list and replace current setup in Navbar, Footer
"gotcha"
- the more "moving parts" you will have the harder it's going to be to manage
- my personal preference, if possible just use data

Challenge (optional)

create more components (essentially, split up the code more)
find all map methods and move elements to separate components
By the end of the video you should have four additional components
- Tour.js
- Service.js
- SocialLink.js
- PageLink.js

Continuous Deployment

fix warnings (About Section)
netlify account
github account
basic git commands :
- remove existing git repo
  - Mac : rm -rf .git
  - Windows : rmdir -Force -Recurse .git
  - Windows : rd /s /q .git Windows commands were shared by students and I have not personally tested them.
- setup new repo
  - git init create an empty git repository
  - git add adds new or changed files in your working directory to the Git staging area
  - git add . adds entire project apart from files/directories specified in .gitignore
  - git commit -m "first commit" A shortcut command that immediately creates a commit with a passed commit message.
  - push to github git remote add origin git@github.com:your-profile/repo-name.git git branch -M main git push -u origin main

Benefits

don't need to keep project locally
automatic builds

Warnings "Gotcha"

Netlify treats warnings as errors

package.json

"scripts": {
    "start": "react-scripts start",
    "build": "CI= react-scripts build",
    "local-build": "react-scripts build",
    "test": "react-scripts test",
    "eject": "react-scripts eject"
  },

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Backroads App

React Course

Support

Create New React App

SRC Folder (boilerplate)

Setup Structure

Setup Components

Navbar

Smooth Scroll

Page Links

Nav Icons (social-links)

Hero

About

Section Title

Services

Tours

Footer

Alternative Approach (optional)

Challenge (optional)

Continuous Deployment

Benefits

Warnings "Gotcha"