Building a movie search app in React
Blog post from LogRocket
The article provides a step-by-step guide to building a basic web application using React that allows users to search for their favorite movies through the OMDb API. It begins with setting up the development environment by creating a React app and integrating Tailwind CSS for styling. Key components such as `Header` and `SearchMovies` are developed to handle user input and display search results. The guide details the use of React Hooks, particularly `useState`, for managing component states and making asynchronous API calls to fetch movie data. It also emphasizes error handling with try-catch blocks and outlines how to display movie details, including images, titles, and release years, while ensuring only complete information is shown. The article concludes with an introduction to LogRocket, a tool for debugging and monitoring React applications, offering insights into performance metrics and user interactions.