The Movie Nominator:

Nominate your favourite movies for an award and share your lists with your friends!

Inspired by a Front-End Developer Challenge, I created a web application for you to search for your favourite movies and nominate them for an award!

Go check it out at https://the-movie-nominator.netlify.app/.

Features

• Simple and easy-to-use interface with 3 sections: Search, Results, and Nominees
• Search bar to find movies by their title (required) and year of release (optional)
• Paginated search results allowing user to see all the results of their search in sets of 10
• Textual loading indicators (e.g. "Awaiting results...")
• Nomination list to display up to 5 movies a user has nominated; persists in browser even after leaving page
• Ability to add and remove movies from Nomination list
• Linked IMDb button to each movie's corresponding IMDb page for additional information
• Banner that appears after selecting 5 movies
  • Button to trigger modal that allows user to generate and copy a shareable link for their completed Nomination list

Future Improvements

• Button for each movie that displays the movie poster and additional information in a modal
• Non-textual visual loading indicators
• Notifications for adding and removing movies from Nomination list
• Dark mode

Tech Stack

• React (bootstrapped with Create React App)
• OMDB API
• Hosted on Netlify
• Nominees stored in localstorage

Getting Started

1. Clone the repo
2. Install the dependencies with yarn install
3. Start the app with yarn start and view it at http://localhost:3000 in your browser