Simplified Instagram clone for cats built with React, browser based. Deployed here with Vercel hosting. Users can copy and paste URLs of cat images to display on the site and can "like" images and see like counts underneath each image.
What I enjoyed about building this app: I REALLY like React! The components feel intuitive and logical, and I love the functionality of JSX in building functionality and content in the component -- to clearly see the functionality and content in one place is really helpful for me to conceptualize.
What I struggled with when building this app: Some of the styling elements. This was the first time I was only given a mock-up to recreate, so it was more difficult than I anticipated to correctly style the elements to match the mock-up. Additionally, understanding props and targetting events was difficult to wrap my head around at first, but once I understood it, it felt pretty intuitive.
What I learned from building this app: SO MUCH! Components, props, Babel, JSX...the list goes on. Definitely the most educational practice with writing code that I've experience thus far. I really like both the logic and challenge of React. Looking forward to using it more!