/ajax-reddit-slideshow

[jquery, ajax]

Primary LanguageJavaScriptOtherNOASSERTION

Reddit photo slideshow

We are going to use what we've learned so far to create a basic slideshow using images taken from reddit via AJAX.

Content Warning

Reddit sometimes contains some offensive images be careful with your search terms. If you want to ensure that you do not get NSFW (Not Safe For Work) items. You can filter it by adding "nsfw:no" to the end of the search query.

Example: http://www.reddit.com/search.json?q=cats+nsfw:no

Getting Started

  • Fork and clone this repository
  • Run npm install to install dependencies
    • npm start - start the BrowserSync server
    • npm run lint:css - lint CSS
    • npm run lint:js - lint JS

Requirements/User Experience

Page should load with

  • Some sort of title
  • A short description telling the user what to do
  • A blank text field
  • A Button ("start" or "go" or "search")

When the user enters a search term and presses enter

  • The form / title / description should hide
  • Show a loading message (optional)
  • Fetch related posts from reddit (with ajax)
  • Display animation / slideshow of images (jQuery)
  • Show a button to stop / reset the animation
  • Repeat animation until use clicks "stop"

When the user clicks the "stop" button

  • Animation stops / images are removed
  • Form / title / description are shown again
  • User can enter a new search term

Suggested proccess

It is important to break down any development project in to smaller pieces and tackle them one at a time. Here is a list of how you might want to attack this project.

  • Create your form (HTML/CSS)
  • Prevent default form submission and verify that you can type something into the form
  • Use AJAX to make a request. Show data in console
  • Create an array of image URLs (tip: use filter and map).
  • Make the form / title / description hide
  • Cycle through images
    • tip: use setInterval
    • Either add images, or change the src of a single image tag
  • Add some interesting style / animation
  • Create button to stop animation (tip: use clearInterval).

Example Deliverables

Slide 1

Slide 2

Bonus

Licensing

  1. All content is licensed under a CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.
  2. All software code is licensed under GNU GPLv3. For commercial use or alternative licensing, please contact legal@ga.co.