This is a mini-project that uses the NASA's Astronomy Photo of the day (APOD) API to show the APOD for the last 7 days. The app using React, Redux for state management, React hooks, localstorage for persisting data and other helper libraries

• The app can get the NASA APOD for the last 7 days
• User can like a picture
• The app saves the user likes and even persists even after reload of the page
• The app uses the right HTML5 elements to support accessibility
• Easy loading of the images. It uses that placeholder that blurs in as the actual image loads
• While waiting for the data it shows a skeleton loader
• Normalizes data before storing in state

The project has been host on Netlify at Spacetagram

You’ll need to have Node >= 8.10 on your local development machine (but it’s not required on the server). You can use nvm (macOS/Linux) or nvm-windows to switch Node versions between different projects.

Locate the path of the project and install the dependencies with the command below

git clone https://github.com/kwabena53/NasaChallenge.git
npm install or yarn install

Run the following command to start the app on your local service http://localhost:3000/

npm start or yarn start

• The app does not expose the API URL and the API keys
• It uses environment variables on the server (Netlify)
• Uses gitignore to prevent pushing delicate information to GitHub

The app shows a skeleton loading view while waiting to get data from the API

The app will display all the APODs for the last 7 days. Showing their title, date of capture and description

The use should be able to like and unlike a picture as many times as they want.

There is an easy loading feature for all images that are loaded for display. There is a placeholder and it blurs out to display the actual image

The app pesists data. This means that when you like and image, it is saved and even when you reload the page it is not refreshed