Frontend Mentor - IP address tracker solution

This is my solution to the IP address tracker challenge on Frontend Mentor. Frontend Mentor challenges help you improve your coding skills by building realistic projects.

Table of contents

• Overview
  • The challenge
  • Screenshot
  • Links
• My process
  • Built with
  • What I learned
  • Continued development
  • Useful resources
• Author

Overview

The challenge

Users should be able to:

• View the optimal layout for each page depending on their device's screen size
• See hover states for all interactive elements on the page
• See their own IP address on the map on the initial page load
• Search for any IP addresses or domains and see the key information and location

Screenshot

Links

• Solution URL: here
• Live Site URL: here

My process

Built with

• Mobile-first workflow
• react-leaflet - a javascript map library
• React - JS library
• Styled Components - For styles

What I learned

I learnt the basics of the leaflet library, an open source library for maps.

<MapContainer center={center} zoom={13} scrollWheelZoom={false}>
  <TileLayer
    attribution='&copy; <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright">OpenStreetMap</a> contributors'
    url="https://{s}.tile.openstreetmap.org/{z}/{x}/{y}.png"
  />
  <Marker position={center} icon={locationIcon}>
    <Popup>{region}</Popup>
  </Marker>
</MapContainer>

Continued development

I haven't been able to rerender the map after state has been updated. I will do more research and add that feature.

Useful resources

• react-leaflet - The react leaflet documentation.
• leaflet setup - A good blog on setting up react leaflet.

Author

• Website - Kiprop
• Frontend Mentor - @kiprop-dave