Numbers App
What It Is
This is a Codecademy project in which I used React, Bootstrap, and a couple of APIs to create an app that provides the user with math facts, trivia, and practice. The purpose of the project was to utilize APIs and provide the user with ‘messages’.
How It Works
When the app is opened, the user is provided a welcome message and three options: Math Facts, Math Trivia, and Math Practice. The user can select one of the paths, which redirects them using Routing to a new page.
For Math Facts, the user can choose to input a number or select Random. They will be provided a ‘fact’ about that number using the Numbers API.
For Math Trivia, the user selects Generate and is given a trivia question about a random, unknown number. The user can input a guess as to what the number is, select Submit, and then select Result to check their answer. If needed, they are provided a calculator which is hidden unless the user selects Show Calculator. Depending on the result, the user will receive a message letting them know whether they were correct or incorrect in their guess. This also uses the Numbers API.
Lastly, the Math Practice page utilizes the xMath API to generate addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division questions. The calculator component is provided on this page as well. The user can input a number, click Submit, then check if their answer is correct using the Result button. They will be given a message stating if they got the answer correct or incorrect. Unfortunately, this API was not functioning the last time I checked, so I may need to remove this page if it isn’t fixed.
What I Found Difficult
The most difficult part of this build was refactoring the code. I didn’t want the API calls to be made directly from the components, so I had to create a util folder and create individual files for each API. Once this was done, the code worked great.
What I Would Improve
I would really love to add more pages and activities to this app. I could include a page that has math videos directly pulled from the YouTube API. I could add links to other Math learning resources or embed games into the app itself.
Check out my GitHub Repository for this App. You can pull it and see if you can improve my code or add some fun pages. Let me know what you think in the comments.