/27-forms-and-props

cf 27: Reddit Search Engine

Submission Instructions

  • Work in a fork of this repository
  • Work in a branch on your fork
  • Write all of your code in a directory named lab- + <your name> e.g. lab-duncan
  • Submit a pull request to this repository
  • Submit a link to your pull request on canvas
  • Submit a question, observation, and how long you spent on canvas

Learning Objectives

  • Students will learn to test react components using jest and enzyme
  • Students will learn to manage controlled inputs
  • Students will learn to pass data from parent to child through props

Requirements

Configuration

Your lab directory must include

  • README.md -- with documentation about your lab
  • .gitignore -- with a robust gitignore
  • .eslintrc.json -- with the class .eslintrc.json file
  • .eslintignore -- with the class .eslintignore
  • .babelrc -- with all dependencies and dev-dependencies
  • package.json -- with all dependencies and dev-dependencies
  • yarn.lock -- with the yarn lockfile
  • webpack.config.js -- with webpack config
  • src/ -- containing the frontend code
  • src/main.js -- containing the entire app
  • src/style -- containing your sass
  • src/style/main.scss -- containing the frontend code

Feature Tasks

Create the following components and structure them according to the following diagram

App
  SearchForm
  SearchResultList
App Component
  • should contain all of the application state
  • should contain methods for modifying the application state
  • the state should have a topics array for holding the results of the search
SearchForm Component
  • should contain a text input for the user to supply a reddit board to look up
  • should contain a number input for the user to limit the number of results to return
    • the number must be more than 0 and less than 100
    • onSubmit the form should make a request to reddit
    • it should make a get request to http://reddit.com/r/${searchFormBoard}.json?limit=${searchFormLimit}
    • on success it should pass the results to the application state
    • on failure it should add a class to the form called error and turn the form's inputs borders red
SearchResultList Component
  • Should inherit all search results through props
  • This component does not need to have its own state
  • If there are topics in the application state it should display an unordered list
  • Each list item in the unordered list should contain the following
    • an anchor tag with a href to the topic.url
      • inside the anchor a heading tag with the topic.title
      • inside the anchor a p tag with the number of topic.ups

Test

  • no testing today

Documentation

Write a description of the project in your README.md