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I cloned one of these websites! I haven't built a website with pure html, css and js for a while, so I gave #14 Discord a go. Th...
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Wow thats Great! I never knew that website like extract.pics/, etc. even existed Thankyou so much for sharing it π. I try to make website clone but for that i need to manually download each image. But this made my life easier lol
Ikr! π₯ It makes cloning websites that much easier. And completely removes the obstacle of not having the same assets! You just get to code it! Thanks for dropping by and sharing π―βοΈ
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Nice! This is a very good idea and websites shared are also good to clone. Furthermore, you can go to this link to get any resources related to Front-End Web Development and learning code.
resourcesmark.vercel.app/
Thank you π― Appreciate you dropping by and sharing!
Hey chris thank you for the suggestions. I wanted to ask you that while cloning should I use my brain and use google to code or should I just see and write from inspect element. As I can easily understand the code which is written. Currently I am cloning apple website.
Looking for an reply!!!
Hey there, thanks for dropping by π
Good question. Usually, I try my best to just analyze the website. Starting from big, then begin working my down to smaller components. So if there is a 'section' break that section down. Whats in the section. Maybe a banner? A banner with children. Theres probably a container containing the children. Should you use flexbox or grid here?
(if your not a complete beginner, you MUST not read on! π€£ )
Since you're doing apples website, let's take a look at the navbar. The Navbar is full width. It's 100% across, or 100vw. However its contents are contained. So it's probably safe to assume theres a container. So far, we have a navbar, and a container, and nav elements. So you can give the container some pre-defined widths, maybe something like max-width: "1400px" with a margin: "0 auto". Some padding, 1rem maybe. Then, set the parent container of the nav elements, "container" in this case, to flex. Then add justify-content: "center", align-items: "center", and flex-direction: "column." Remember I said mobile first approach is easier, at least IMO. So it looks awkward now, but set a responsive query as easy as this: @media screen and (min-width: 790px) { flex-direction: "row" }. Then, once the screen size drops below this, another another media query somewhere, or add javascript, and make the navbar disappear completely. Then in the DOM, create a separate, mobile menu, that only displays at the correct breakpoint. This is if your'e working with plain HTML and CSS anyway. Otherwise, if your'e using javascript, you can simply use javascript and state to toggle things π .
One last section, if you scroll down to the "Apple event" and "Fitness+", etc section below the apple watch, you can see it's just a section, with small components. Break this down in your head mentally. It's just a full-width, 2 column section, containing big blocks with some content inside. Turn the section into a grid, with either flex or grid. So maybe a display: "grid", grid-template-columns: "1fr 1fr". Inside each block is a flex container. So something like a display: "flex" and justify-content: "flex-start" or "flex-end" depending. Each block has a background-image, probably set to a background-size of "cover" and positioned "center". The text is also contained, with a max-width of something like 300 pixels?
I could be off, as I'm just glancing at once screen and typing on another LOL. But I hope this helps you. This is my mental process of I break down over-complicated layouts! Give a share once your done i'd love to check it out!
Thanx for the helping me out on this.
Hey! Nice idea. But do you mean doing these webs static with only HTML and CSS or using something like React, Angular + CSS and API's??
Thx!! π
Hey there βοΈ Appreciate you dropping by! Well, I think it depends on your level of experience. There is no problem with just using HTML and CSS alone π However, you may not be able to execute some of the "functionality" that is required to do so, but that is totally fine. But if you do have a framework under your belt, I'd say clone a website or two using both! Clone one with HTML and CSS, and another with a framework. Use a third party API, get mock data, get creative! So power to ya if you can use Angular! π―π₯
Impossible now to work with frameworks that don't have Typescript, Rxjs and Observables built in.. it feels so dated to work with promises now
I'd say learning typescript is worth it! It also stands out amongst job candidates. Maybe look into Vite, by Evan You. It's an extremely fun frontend tool, that allows you to switch from .js to .ts and back on the fly. No set up required. As for Promises, I think with es17 and async await is going no where soon. π―
You did a great job! Really nice suggestion!
I really appreciate that! π Means a lot! Thanks for dropping by π―βοΈ
Cool. Didn't know that there is extract pics for this. Gonna give it a try.
Also I will start convert those to react code for my starter and portfolio project.
Thanks, really appreciated!
It's friggin' awesome right!? Have fun! You're building a react portfolio for yourself, or are you building a boiler-plate in React for other people!??? I'm doing something similar if you are! Good luck βοΈ
Actually I'm building react portfolio, but I'm still quite clueless when doing this.
Maybe I should start with create-react-app first.
That's quite interesting! Good luck for you too.
Sweet! π It does NOT take long to get the basics and fundamentals of React down. I would really recommend the official React docs and no doubt, use create-react-app. It's the most painless way to start. Also get a hang of the basics in Javascript. Definitely understand
['DOM', 'variables', 'functions', 'loops', 'objects']and you'll pick it up soon. Unfortunately, the only React tutorials I currently have expect some knowledge in React, andincorporate some other styling library, however I'd definitely recommend: Brad Traversey and The Net Ninja on Youtube. The two are extremely reliable learning resources! Have fun π―
@hyggedev Hey Chris, this is an awesome post and it inspired me to do it myself as I'm a backend developer and I'm thinking of doing this to up my CSS/JS game. Isn't it some kind of an copyright violation, if I were to use their images/colors?
Hey π. That's cool! It definitely offers a great amount of practice.
Hmm, I don't think it counts as a copyright infringement if you are cloning for the sake of practice. For instance, you would not claim to be the owner or designer of the original design, nor would you be redistributing your design for sale.
From what I understand, images on the web can be downloaded and "used", but can not be claimed as their own without attribution or permission. And of course it cannot be re-sold.
If I clone a website, I will specifically add an attribution to the owner to avoid any possible confusion. I will also clearly say something along the lines of, "Clone of Airbnb.com", "This project showcases my ability to take a professional design and implement into a functional website with custom html and css.."
Don't take my word for it. I would definitely do a quick search, but I believe if you take the right precautions, it's all good.
I hope that clears things up βοΈ
Really nice suggestion. (ΰΉβ‘ββ‘ΰΉ)
Hey, thanks for dropping by π Appreciate it π
Nice article, thank you!
Thank you for dropping by! βοΈ
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Thanks for this man! Could add stripe too.
Thanks for dropping by! That's a great suggestion! π―
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Your 'Blockchain' url could probably drop the "Spanish version of the site" path!
Haha that's freaking hilarious. When I was making the article, for some reason Chrome kept asking me if I wanted it translated... and I don't speak or write Spanish LOL. Thanks for taking your time reading and finding that! π―
Interesting and motivational for devs!
Mimicry is the best form of flattery and learning.
I totally agree. When it comes down to it, if you have the ability to use best practices, write clean code and are able to clone the site, that's essentially job experience π―
Thanks, It will help me alote.
That makes me stoked! π―
Hi Chris,
Hope you are doing well, just wondering do we have to clone these websites via JS frameworks. As I am a beginner who knows only HTML, CSS, bootstrap, and JavaScript.
Also, do we have to clone all of the pages of the website or home page is just enough?
Best regards
How about dev.to ?
Sure, that would be fun and challenging! My blog was mostly aimed at being able to clone the UI of a more static site. But, like I mentioned, if you want to use some mock data, more power to you! For example, if you want to fetch users, check out my other article about beginner friendly APIs!
Great Beginner Friendly API's To Start Practicing Frontend Development π§βπ»
Chris Hansen γ» Aug 30 γ» 3 min read
You're very welcome βοΈ If you clone one of these websites, drop by and share!
Brave detected your Discord clone as a phishing site. Couldn't proceed to check it out. Nice blog never the less
Don't forget to use DivMagic to make your job easier while cloning these!
really helpful
Really helpful information, thank you