Frontend Mentor - Tip Calculator App Solution

This is my solution to the Tip Calculator App challenge on Frontend Mentor. The challenge helped me enhance my skills in building practical applications and improve my frontend development abilities.

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 the app depending on their device's screen size
• See hover states for all interactive elements on the page
• Calculate the correct tip and total cost of the bill per person
• Extra Test using Jest: Ensure app works using Jest

Screenshot

Links

• Solution URL: GitHub Repository
• Live Site URL: Live Demo

My Process

Built With

• Vite - A frontend build tool for fast development with a modern workflow.
• React - A JavaScript library for building user interfaces.
• SCSS - For advanced styling and creating flexible, maintainable stylesheets.
• TypeScript - For adding type safety and enhancing the development experience with static types.
• Jest - A testing framework for ensuring the correctness of JavaScript and TypeScript code with features like test runners, assertions, and mocking.

What I Learned

During this project, I gained more experience in the following areas:

• SCSS: Enhanced understanding of SCSS features like mixins, maps, variables, and responsive design.
• TypeScript: Improved skills in TypeScript, including type definitions, interfaces, and generics for better type safety and code quality.
• Custom Hooks: Developed and utilized custom React hooks for better code organization and reusability.
• Animations: Gained experience in creating smooth and interactive animations to enhance the user interface and overall user experience.
• Jest: Acquired proficiency in using Jest for testing JavaScript and TypeScript applications

Continued Development

• Plan to implement the tip calculation using Three.js for a fun and interactive 3D experience.

Useful Resources

• SCSS Documentation - For comprehensive details on SCSS syntax and features.
• TypeScript Documentation - For learning TypeScript syntax, features, and best practices.
• Vite Documentation - For understanding and configuring Vite as a build tool and development server.
• Jest Documentation - For learning how to use Jest for testing JavaScript and TypeScript applications, including setup, configuration, and best practices.

Author

• Frontend Mentor - @TedJenkler
• LinkedIn - Teodor Jenkler
• X - @TJenkler
• Discord - TedJenkler
• YouTube - WebDevwithTed