updated README, added favorites reducer, updated types

README.md

@@ -1,23 +1,17 @@
-A simple app that allows users to search for movies by title, review the search results and navigate to a movie’s detail page.
 
-It contains:
+# Movie Search
+### `A simple app that allows users to search for movies by title, review the search results and navigate to a movie’s detail page.`
 
-- Navbar
+### Containing:
+
+- NavBar
 
 - A page to search for movies by title:
-  - searchParams to string 
-    -  Object.entries(searchParams)
-    .map(
-      ([key, value], i, arr) =>
-        `${key}=${value}${i < arr.length - 1 ? "&" : ""}`
-    )
-    .toString();
-
   - SearchBar component:
     - Input for Title
     - Submit button
     - Clear button
-  - List of results - paginated so we might need a pagination component:
+  - List of results:
     - Title
     - Year
     - Type (Filter out "series"?) - hidden ?
@@ -26,7 +20,7 @@ It contains:
       Error Handling component
 
 - A page for individual movie details:
-  - Movie component:
+  - Movie Details component:
     - Title
     - Year
     - Rated
@@ -41,7 +35,7 @@ It contains:
     - Country
     - Awards
     - Poster
-    - Ratings: [ { Source } ]
+    - Ratings: `[ { Source, Value } ]`
     - Metascore
     - imdbRating
     - imdbVotes
@@ -53,15 +47,16 @@ It contains:
     - Website
     - Response
 
-External API Docs: https://www.omdbapi.com/
+### External API Docs: [OMDB](https://www.omdbapi.com/)
 
-Built on:
+### Built on:
   Next.js
-Server side rendering for list & movie details to hide api token/network requests and eliminate the need for state-management on data returned from the external API.
+  Server side rendering for search results list & movie details to hide api token/network requests and eliminate the need for state-management on data returned from the external API.
 
-Switched to Tailwindcss for styling. Was using chakra ui components but it isn't server-side render friendly
+  Switched to [tailwindcss](https://tailwindcss.com/) for styling. Was using [chakra ui](https://v2.chakra-ui.com/) components but it isn't server-side render friendly
 
-Using React Context because Redux is cool for a good number of things, but when built correctly - React Context is powerful enough for most apps. It can be layered if need be, but for this example we will stick with a simple context:
+### State Management:
+  Using React Context + simple useState management because Redux is cool for a good number of things, especially larger apps that need a central, client-side store to manage many peices of state in one place, as well as helper functions to manage data functions and state mutation. - React Context in combination with simple state managment hooks like useState or useReducer is powerful enough for most small apps that only need to manage a small amount of state in separate places. It can be layered if need be, but for this example we will stick with a simple context:
 
   Since we're using server side rendering for pages that fetch data, we don't need a lot of state management.
   We can implement Context in a client component for managing "Favorites" for a user if we'd like
@@ -73,7 +68,7 @@ this might look like:
 
   - FavoriteBtn - a client-side component rendering a button and using useContext(FormContext) to consume favorites and setFavorites - filter favorites by id to prevent duplicats/allow removing from list.
 
-Known issues: 
-  * https://github.com/vercel/next.js/issues/65161
-  * https://github.com/vercel/next.js/issues/54757
+### Known Issues: 
+  * [Error when testing components using NextJS Image](https://github.com/vercel/next.js/issues/65161)
+  * [Jest cannot test form actions - this is how we would test our SearchBar component fully in a unit test. E2E testing should be able to cover this though](https://github.com/vercel/next.js/issues/54757)
   

movie-search/src/common/components/FavoriteBtn.tsx

@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@ import { useContext } from "react";
 import { FavoriteContext } from "./FavoriteContext";
 
 export default function FavoriteBtn({ movie }: any) {
-  const { favorites, setFavorites } = useContext(FavoriteContext);
+  const { favorites,
+    dispatch
+    //  setFavorites 
+    } = useContext(FavoriteContext);
   const filteredFavorites = favorites.filter((f) => f.imdbID != movie.imdbID);
   const isFavorite =
     favorites.filter((f) => f.imdbID == movie.imdbID).length == 1;
@@ -13,9 +16,11 @@ export default function FavoriteBtn({ movie }: any) {
     <button
       onClick={() => {
         if (isFavorite) {
-          setFavorites([...filteredFavorites]);
+          dispatch({type:'Remove', payload: movie})
+          // setFavorites([...filteredFavorites]);
         } else {
-          setFavorites([...favorites, movie]);
+          dispatch({type:'Add', payload: movie})
+          // setFavorites([...favorites, movie]);
         }
       }}
       className={`block text-yellow-500 rounded my-auto h-8 w-8

movie-search/src/common/components/FavoriteContext.tsx

@@ -1,21 +1,59 @@
-'use client'
+"use client";
 
-import { PropsWithChildren, createContext, useState } from "react";
-import { IMovieCardItem } from "./MovieCard";
+import { PropsWithChildren, createContext, useReducer
+  // , useState
+} from "react";
+
+// interface IFavoriteContext {
+//   favorites: Array<IMovieSearch>
+//   setFavorites: (value: Array<IMovieSearch>) => void
+// }
+// export const FavoriteContext = createContext<IFavoriteContext>({
+//   favorites: [],
+//   setFavorites: (_value: Array<IMovieSearch>) => { },
+// });
+
+// // Using interleaving to render this context provider client-side, but still utilize server-side renderung for children components
+// export const FavoriteProvider = ({ children }: PropsWithChildren) => {
+//   const [favorites, setFavorites] = useState<Array<IMovieSearch>>([])
+//   return (
+//     <FavoriteContext.Provider value={{ favorites, setFavorites }}>{children}</FavoriteContext.Provider>
+//   )
+// }
 
 interface IFavoriteContext {
-  favorites: Array<IMovieCardItem>
-  setFavorites: (value: Array<IMovieCardItem>) => void
+  favorites: FavoriteState;
+  dispatch: React.Dispatch<FavoriteAction>;
 }
+
+type FavoriteState = Array<IMovieSearch>;
+type FavoriteAction = { type: "Add" | "Remove"; payload: IMovieSearch };
+
+function FavoriteReducer(state: FavoriteState, action: FavoriteAction) {
+  switch (action.type) {
+    case "Add":
+      state = [...state, action.payload];
+      break;
+    case "Remove":
+      state = state.filter((s) => s.imdbID != action.payload.imdbID);
+    default:
+      break;
+  }
+  return state;
+}
+
+const initialState: FavoriteState = [];
+
 export const FavoriteContext = createContext<IFavoriteContext>({
-  favorites: [],
-  setFavorites: (_value: Array<IMovieCardItem>) => { },
+  favorites: initialState,
+  dispatch: () => null,
 });
 
-// Using interleaving to render this context provider client-side, but still utilize server-side renderung for children components
-export const FavoriteProvider = ({ children }: PropsWithChildren) => {
-  const [favorites, setFavorites] = useState<Array<IMovieCardItem>>([])
+export function FavoriteProvider({ children }: PropsWithChildren) {
+  const [favorites, dispatch] = useReducer(FavoriteReducer, initialState);
   return (
-    <FavoriteContext.Provider value={{ favorites, setFavorites }}>{children}</FavoriteContext.Provider>
-  )
+    <FavoriteContext.Provider value={{ favorites, dispatch }}>
+      {children}
+    </FavoriteContext.Provider>
+  );
 }

movie-search/src/common/components/MovieCard.tsx

@@ -3,15 +3,8 @@ import ImgCard from "@/common/components/ImgCard";
 import Link from "next/link";
 import { primaryBtn } from "../classes";
 
-export interface IMovieCardItem {
-  Title: string;
-  Year: string;
-  imdbID: string;
-  Type: string;
-  Poster: string;
-}
 interface IMovieCardProps {
-  movie: IMovieCardItem;
+  movie: IMovieSearch;
 }
 
 export default function MovieCard({ movie }: IMovieCardProps) {

movie-search/src/common/components/MovieList.tsx

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import MovieCard, { IMovieCardItem } from "./MovieCard";
+import MovieCard from "./MovieCard";
 
 export interface IMovieListProps {
-  movies: Array<IMovieCardItem>;
+  movies: Array<IMovieSearch>;
 }
 
 export default function MovieList({ movies }: IMovieListProps) {

movie-search/src/common/types.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+type OMDbResponse = "True" | "False";
+
+interface IMovieSearch {
+  Title: string;
+  Year: string;
+  imdbID: string;
+  Type: string;
+  Poster: string | "N/A" ;
+}
+interface IMovieSearchResponse {
+  Search: Array<IMovieSearch>;
+  totalResults: string;
+  Response: OMDbResponse;
+}
+interface IMovieDetails extends IMovieSearch{
+  Rated: string;
+  Released: string;
+  Runtime: string;
+  Genre: string;
+  Director: string;
+  Writer: string;
+  Actors: string;
+  Plot: string;
+  Language: string;
+  Country: string;
+  Awards: string;
+  Ratings: [
+    {
+      Source: string;
+      Value: string;
+    }
+  ];
+  Metascore: string;
+  imdbRating: string;
+  imdbVotes: string;
+  DVD: string;
+  BoxOffice: string;
+  Production: string;
+  Website: string;
+  Response: OMDbResponse;
+}
+interface INextPageProps {
+  searchParams: object;
+}