Hey everyone! I just wrapped up Jonas Schmedtmann's JavaScript course and I'm eager to dive into building a project using the MVC pattern. I'm focusing on front-end development with vanilla JavaScript and would like to incorporate some APIs. Can anyone suggest some interesting project ideas? Also, if possible, tutorials on YouTube would be a bonus! Thanks for your help!
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I’d actually recommend against using the MVC pattern. It seems like most developers are leaning more towards the MVVM pattern these days. In MVVM, the View doesn’t handle any processing itself; it just interacts with the ViewModel. The ViewModel handles API interactions and keeps track of states, making it easier to translate data between the Model and the View. It's more streamlined!
"Nobody" does seem like a stretch, though. MVC is still taught a lot in beginner courses!
You could expand on a recipe app! Think about adding an inventory feature where users can manage their ingredients. You could set up a model for the inventory, and then create views and controllers to let users edit what's in there. Plus, you could have a view that shows which recipes can be made with the ingredients available. That could be a cool project!
But why did the instructor focus on MVC if it's not commonly used? We ended up building a simple recipe app with search features, so it seemed useful.