Github Battlefield

Inspiration

I came to this hackathon wanting to expand my front-end development skills. I asked around and people recommended me to check out the React framework from Facebook. I was undecided whether to try Angular 2 or React but after doing some light research I decided upon React. This project was more of a learning experience and was completed following online tutorials.

What it does

You enter two Github usernames and it compares them using an algorithm, assigns a numeric score, and finally declares a winner.

How I built it

I built it using the React framework and its respective ecosystem. (Babel, Webpack, JSX)

Challenges I ran into

The initial setup of the React project was difficult to understand and time-consuming at first. After reading a few tutorials on Webpack and Babel I was able to put the pieces together and understand the purpose of each component.

Accomplishments that I'm proud of

I was able to learn the essential concepts and nuisances of an awesome framework during a hackathon and now look forward to becoming more proficient and making sophisticated single-page applications.

Built With

• babel
• css3
• html5
• javascript
• jsx
• react
• webpack