Frontend Mentor - REST Countries API with color theme switcher solution

This is a solution to the REST Countries API with color theme switcher challenge on Frontend Mentor. Frontend Mentor challenges help you improve your coding skills by building realistic projects.

Table of contents

• Overview
  • The challenge
  • Links
• My process
  • Built with
  • What I learned
  • Continued development
  • Useful resources
• Author
• Acknowledgments

Overview

A React app made with REST Country API to show details about countries.

The challenge

Users should be able to:

• See all countries from the API on the homepage
• Search for a country using an input field
• Filter countries by region
• Click on a country to see more detailed information on a separate page
• Click through to the border countries on the detail page
• Toggle the color scheme between light and dark mode

Screenshots

Links

• Solution URL: https://github.com/trun0/REST-Countries-API-with-color-theme-switcher
• Live Site URL: https://rest-country-api-with-theme-switcher.netlify.app

My process

Built with

• Semantic HTML5 markup
• CSS custom properties
• Flexbox
• Mobile-first workflow
• React - JS library
• REST Countries - REST Country API

What I learned

I learned how to use API and how to use it to get desired response. I learned how to use react props more efficiently. Also, I have learned more about flexbox and css grid. I learned how to design beautiful frontend with this project.

Continued development

I look forward to to learn new concepts of React and make this project better.

Useful resources

• CSS-TRICKS - This helped me to get hold of flexbox. I really liked the content and will use it going forward.
• JsonOnline - This site helped me to see the api responses in an organized way.

Author

Tarun Kumar

• Frontend Mentor - trun0

Acknowledgments

I want to thank my friend who actively motivated me to do projects and learn new concepts.