Just a simple app to search for free textbooks online.
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Currently relies on Libgen for the searches; however, goal would be to incorporate other sites offering similar services.
- In its present implementation, it does find and return the fastest libgen domain to query for the search results.
- A goal here would be to have the download button point to a direct download link for the book. Preferably from the fastest libgen domain.
- Another goal would be to let users search for books by other fields, such as ISBN, publisher, year, etc.
- An advanced search would be nice for user convenience.
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There is also some basic CRUD functionality and account management.
- Work certainly needs to be done to make this more secure and robust.
- The goal is to allow users to save books and keep a dynamic list of books they want to read.
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Would also like to incorporate cover art lookup for the books; however, time was limited.
- The search does return Google Books IDs and OpenLibrary IDs for the books, so this should be possible.
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The app could also point users to the Goodreads page for the book, if it exists.
- This would be a nice feature to have for users that want to know more about the book and see some reviews.
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Another goal would be to implement other pages for this site, such as viewing history, about us, etc.
- This could be a great opportunity to explore SPAs in more depth.
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Were this to be a real site with actual users, it would be nice if users themselves were able to upload books to the site.
- This would require some sort of moderation system to ensure that only legitimate books are uploaded.