Week 05 - Day 5 - Let's all go to the movies

[mdewey]

Let's all go to the movies

This weekend, you will pair up in groups of 2 to create a "Now Playing in Theatres" website. This will use an API, and few pages to display what is currently showing.

Objectives

• Work with an API to display data
• Work with React and React Router
• Work in groups to create a project together

Requirements

• Use this API
  • You will have to create an account to get a key, Feel free to use the address and phone number of campus to sign up with
• Work in groups of 2, these must be decided by the time you leave today
• Each group will be working on one repository, decide in each group who's account it goes under
• Use React Router to create the pages.

Explorer Mode

• [x] Create a home page that has:
  • [x] the list of all "now showing" movies, returned from this API https://api.themoviedb.org/3/movie/now_playing?api_key=<<your key here>>>&language=en-US&page=1
  • [x] this page should also random highlight a random "now showing" movie at the top of the page
• [x] Create a /Movie/:moveidId page that shows all the details for a given movie and the cast of the movie. The cast end point is https://api.themoviedb.org/3/movie/<<<Movie Id>>>/credits?api_key=<<your key here>>>
• [x] Each member of the group must still submit the repository for their assignment. This repository should have commits from both students.

Adventure Mode

• [ ] Add a page to view all the movies for actor. This page should show as much as you get from the API about this actor. HINT: Use the People section of the API for this

Epic Mode

• [ ] Do the same thing, except with TV Shows. Try to reuse as many components as possible

Recommended Practice:

• Plan early and communicate! The most successful teams work together to create a plan of attack, and communicate what is going on
• Wireframe out the pages first, that way each member of the group knows the end goal. After you agree on the wireframes, Stick to the wireframes.
• Work in branches or forks. This will help when you need to merge everything together
• Like making a git commit, merging & pulling should happen frequently. Do not wait until Monday night to try to merge everything together

[GarrettAnderson]

https://github.com/GarrettAnderson/to-the-movies

[mdewey]

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