A Picture is Worth 1,000 Words

Get to know React Router by building yourself a small photo gallery site.

Objectives

• Adding dependencies to your React Project
• Navigating JSON data structures
• Using the React Router library
• Using parameters in React Router

Requirements

Using the JSON data below as a starter, build a photo gallery app. Here's an example.

{
  "pandas": {
    "title": "Panda Bears",
    "description": "Pandas are bears native to south-central China, and are objectively the cutest animals on earth.",
    "photos": [
      {
        "title": "Panda Waving",
        "imageURL": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/suncoast-devs/handbook/master/assignments/assets/photo-gallery/baby_panda.jpg",
        "sourceURL": "https://codeburst.io/pandas-for-data-stuff-code-challenge-7972207a8294"
      },
      {
        "title": "Großer Panda im Ocean Park, Hongkong",
        "imageURL": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/suncoast-devs/handbook/master/assignments/assets/photo-gallery/grosser_panda.jpg",
        "sourceURL": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_panda"
      },
      {
        "title": "Wild pandas get a boost; the iconic species has been upgraded from 'endangered' to 'vulnerable.'",
        "imageURL": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/suncoast-devs/handbook/master/assignments/assets/photo-gallery/tree_panda.png",
        "sourceURL": "https://www.worldwildlife.org/magazine/issues/spring-2017/articles/wild-pandas-get-a-boost--2"
      },
      {
        "title": "Sacred Warrior, by Adrian Smith",
        "imageURL": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/suncoast-devs/handbook/master/assignments/assets/photo-gallery/ising_sun.png",
        "sourceURL": "https://www.artstation.com/adrian-smith/albums/1298277"
      }
    ]
  },
  "miniatures": {
    "title": "Miniature Painting",
    "description": "I enjoy painting miniatures from board games. I've been painting since early 2018, here's some of my work.",
    "photos": [
      {
        "title": "City of Kings",
        "imageURL": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/suncoast-devs/handbook/master/assignments/assets/photo-gallery/city_of_kings.jpg",
        "sourceURL": "https://www.instagram.com/p/Btv-0uYH8Xc"
      },
      {
        "title": "Blood Rage, Ram Clan",
        "imageURL": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/suncoast-devs/handbook/master/assignments/assets/photo-gallery/ram_clan.jpg",
        "sourceURL": "https://www.instagram.com/p/BjRKLqYh4gK"
      },
      {
        "title": "Cormac the Druid, work in progress",
        "imageURL": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/suncoast-devs/handbook/master/assignments/assets/photo-gallery/cormac.jpg",
        "sourceURL": "https://www.instagram.com/p/BnW2QrWDaky"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Save this as a JSON file in your project and import it.

If you hot-link photos from the internet, be sure to include a valid link back to the source.

Setup

degit $GITHUB_USER/react-project-template PhotoGallery

Explorer Mode

• You should have at least 4 components: App, CategoryList, PhotoList, PhotoDetail.
• On the home page, your category list should render the title of each category and link using the key. For examples "Panda Bears" should link to /pandas
• Render each photo in the given category on the photo list page with a thumbnail sized version of your photos.
• Render a large version of the photo on the photo details page.

Adventure Mode

• Customize the given data to include your own photos and categories.
• Add bread crumb navigation, as seen in the example.
• Add a thumbnail to the first photo in each category to the home page, as seen in the example.

Epic Mode

• Find an external API for a photo sharing site (such as Flickr) and use data from the API rather than the given JSON file.

Additional Resources

• React Router Documentation