This course focuses on constructing a clone of the popular word game Wordle using React. It emphasizes the practical application of React’s state management and component lifecycle methods to create an interactive, real-time gameplay experience. The course demonstrates how to structure a project to handle user input, game logic, and feedback loops effectively, offering insight into building responsive and stateful user interfaces. By guiding through the process of developing a Wordle clone, it offers hands-on experience with React’s capabilities for managing complex application states and rendering UI updates efficiently.
Overview
COURSE DIFFICULTY
Skills Learned
After completing this online training course, students will be able to:
Set up project environment
Use JSON Server for development
Create custom hooks for game logic
Manage and track current guesses
Implement guess submission functionality
Check and format guesses
Add guesses to game state
Build game grid layout
Display past guesses
Show current guess in grid
Animate tile transitions
Build interactive game keypad
Indicate used keys on keypad
Handle game ending scenarios
Create modal for game results
01. Creating a Wordle Clone
- Intro & Setup
- Using JSON Server
- Making a Wordle Hook
- Tracking the Current Guess
- Submitting Guesses
- Checking & Formatting Guesses
- Adding New Guesses
- Creating a Game Grid
- Showing Past Guesses
- Showing the Current Guess
- Animating Tiles (Part 1)
- Animating Tiles (Part 2)
- Making a Keypad
- Coloring Used Keys
- Ending a Game
- Making a Modal
SKILLS LEARNED
Skills Learned
After completing this online training course, students will be able to:
Set up project environment
Use JSON Server for development
Create custom hooks for game logic
Manage and track current guesses
Implement guess submission functionality
Check and format guesses
Add guesses to game state
Build game grid layout
Display past guesses
Show current guess in grid
Animate tile transitions
Build interactive game keypad
Indicate used keys on keypad
Handle game ending scenarios
Create modal for game results
COURSE OUTLINE
01. Creating a Wordle Clone
- Intro & Setup
- Using JSON Server
- Making a Wordle Hook
- Tracking the Current Guess
- Submitting Guesses
- Checking & Formatting Guesses
- Adding New Guesses
- Creating a Game Grid
- Showing Past Guesses
- Showing the Current Guess
- Animating Tiles (Part 1)
- Animating Tiles (Part 2)
- Making a Keypad
- Coloring Used Keys
- Ending a Game
- Making a Modal
