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Building a modal in React.

Prince — Sun, 16 Sep 2018 20:22:29 +0000

In this tutorial, we are going to build a modal in React. Below is a demo of it.

Prerequisites

These are the prerequisites required to follow this tutorial.

Knowledge of React (You should have at least a basic understanding of state and props).
An installation of Node JS on your PC.
create-react-app installed on your PC.

Initial Setup

Initialize the project by running the command below in the root directory of your project, it installs the libraries and tools needed to start the project.

create-react-app basic-modal

Building the Components

Before creating the components or writing any code, follow the steps below to delete unwanted files and also create the files needed for the project.

Delete the following files: app.css, app.test.js, logo.svg and registerServiceWorker.js from the src folder.
Create a folder in the src directory and name it components.
In the components folder, create another folder called Modal.
In the Modal folder, create two files namely Modal.js and Modal.css.

After doing this, your project structure should be similar to this:

Modal.js

Open the Modal.js file in the components folder and add the following code.

import React from 'react';

import './Modal.css';

const modal = (props) => {
    return (
        <div>
            <div className="modal-wrapper"
                style={{
                    transform: props.show ? 'translateY(0vh)' : 'translateY(-100vh)',
                    opacity: props.show ? '1' : '0'
                }}>
                <div className="modal-header">
                    <h3>Modal Header</h3>
                    <span className="close-modal-btn" onClick={props.close}>×</span>
                </div>
                <div className="modal-body">
                    <p>
                        {props.children}
                    </p>
                </div>
                <div className="modal-footer">
                    <button className="btn-cancel" onClick={props.close}>CLOSE</button>
                    <button className="btn-continue">CONTINUE</button>
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>
    )
}

export default modal;

The modal component has three props which are:

show - a boolean value indicating whether the modal should be shown or not.
close - a function which closes the modal when the cancel button is clicked
children - which is passed between the opening and closing tags of the modal component as the contents of the modal.

The modal component is a functional component that receives the contents of the modal as the children of the component. The modal footer also contains a button that executes a function to close the modal when it is clicked. The function is passed as a prop to the modal component. The inline style in the modal-wrapper div contains a conditional statement that sets the value of visibility status of the modal depending on the boolean value of the show props.

Modal.css

Add the following code to the Modal.css file in order to add styling to the modal component.

.modal-wrapper {
    background: white;
    border: 1px solid #d0cccc;
    box-shadow: 0 5px 8px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.2), 0 7px 20px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.17);
    margin: 100px auto 0;
    transition: all .8s;
    width: 60%;
}

.modal-header {
    background: #263238;
    height: 40px;
    line-height: 40px;
    padding: 5px 20px;
    text-align: right;
}

.modal-header h3 {
    color: white;
    float: left;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
}

.modal-body {
    padding: 10px 15px;
    text-align: center;
}

.modal-footer {
    background: #263238;
    height: 35px;
    padding: 15px;
}

.close-modal-btn {
    color: white;
    cursor: pointer;
    float: right;
    font-size: 30px;
    margin: 0;
}

.close-modal-btn:hover {
    color: black;
}

.btn-cancel, .btn-continue {
    background: coral;
    border: none;
    color: white;
    cursor: pointer;
    font-weight: bold;
    outline: none;
    padding: 10px;
}

.btn-cancel {
    background-color: #b71c1c;
    float: left;
}

.btn-continue {
    background-color: #1b5e20;
    float: right;
}

.back-drop {
    background-color: rgba(48, 49, 48, 0.42);
    height: 100%;
    position: fixed;
    transition: all 1.3s;
    width: 100%;
}

.open-modal-btn {
    margin: 15px;
    padding: 10px;
    font-weight: bold;
}

App.js

import React, { Component } from 'react';

import Modal from './components/Modal/Modal';

class App extends Component {

    constructor() {
        super();

        this.state = {
            isShowing: false
        }
    }

    openModalHandler = () => {
        this.setState({
            isShowing: true
        });
    }

    closeModalHandler = () => {
        this.setState({
            isShowing: false
        });
    }

    render () {
        return (
            <div>
                { this.state.isShowing ? <div onClick={this.closeModalHandler} className="back-drop"></div> : null }

                <button className="open-modal-btn" onClick={this.openModalHandler}>Open Modal</button>

                <Modal
                    className="modal"
                    show={this.state.isShowing}
                    close={this.closeModalHandler}>
                        Maybe aircrafts fly very high because they don't want to be seen in plane sight?
                </Modal>
            </div>
        );
    }
}

export default App;

The App.js file contains two custom functions which are:

openModalHandler() - a function that sets the state of isShowing to true thereby opening the modal.
closeModalHandler() - a function that sets the state of isShowing to false thereby closing the modal.

In the render method, a backdrop div is dynamically added based on the visibility of the modal and also an onClick listener is passed to the div so it can control the opening and closing of the modal. A button is also added with onClick listener to control the opening of the modal.

The modal component which was previously is imported and used in the render method with the values of the props passed to it.

Testing the modal

Run npm start in the root directory of your project to view the modal.

Project Repo

Thanks.

Build a simple app using Node JS and MySQL.

Prince — Sat, 23 Jun 2018 18:31:37 +0000

Hello world!. In this tutorial, we are going to build a simple CRUD application using Node JS and MySQL.

What we will build?

The image above shows the app. It is an application that lets you add players to a database and also display their details from the database. You can also delete and edit player details.

Prerequisites

Before you join this tutorial it is assumed that you meet the requirements listed below:

Node JS installed on your PC.
Basic understanding of Node JS and Express JS.
Knowledge of SQL, you should know and understand how to query a database.
phpmyadmin installed on your PC. I recommend installing xampp as it already contains phpmyadmin in it.
Understand how to use templating engines -- we are going to be using ejs in this tutorial).
A text editor or IDE of your choice.

Folder Structure

This is how the project will be structured.

├── node-mqsql-crud-app (main directory)   
    ├── node_modules
    ├── public
        ├── assets 
            ├── img
    ├── routes
        ├── index.js
        ├── player.js
    ├── views
        ├── partials 
            ├── header.ejs
        ├── index.ejs
        ├── add-player.ejs
        ├── edit-player.ejs
    ├── app.js

Creating the directory for the project

Open the command prompt in a suitable directory and type the following command:

mkdir node-mysql-crud-app

then change to the directory by typing the following command

cd node-mysql-crud-app

Initialize the Project

Open your command prompt in your project directory and type the command below:

npm init

Install required modules.

The following modules are going to be needed to successfully build the app.

express: used to create handle routing and process requests from the client.
express-fileupload: Simple express file upload middleware that wraps around busboy.
body-parser: used to parse incoming request from the client.
mysql: Node JS driver for MySQL.
ejs: templating engine to render html pages for the app.
req-flash: used to send flash messages to the view
nodemon: Installed globally. It is used to watch for changes to files and automatically restart the server.

Type the following command to install the first 7 modules as dependencies.

npm install express express-fileupload body-parser mysql ejs req-flash --save

Then type the following command to install the last module globally on your PC.

npm install nodemon -g

Creating the database for the app

Copy the command below and navigate to your phpmyadmin dashboard and execute the following query in the console (usually found at the bottom of the page) in order to create database and table for the app.

CREATE DATABASE socka;
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `players` (
  `id` int(5) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `first_name` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
  `last_name` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
  `position` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
  `number` int(11) NOT NULL,
  `image` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
  `user_name` varchar(20) NOT NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
) ENGINE=InnoDB  DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 AUTO_INCREMENT=1;

Adding the views

header.ejs

The header.ejs file is going to be in the /views/partials folder where it is going to be included in the rest of the project.

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <meta name="viewport"
          content="width=device-width, user-scalable=no, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, minimum-scale=1.0">
    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="ie=edge">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.0.0/css/bootstrap.min.css" integrity="sha384-Gn5384xqQ1aoWXA+058RXPxPg6fy4IWvTNh0E263XmFcJlSAwiGgFAW/dAiS6JXm" crossorigin="anonymous">
    <!--<link rel="stylesheet" href="/assets/css/custom.css">-->
    <title><%= title %></title>
</head>
<style>
    .table-wrapper {
        margin-top: 50px;
    }

    .player-img {
        width: 40px;
        height: 40px;
    }

    .add-player-form {
        margin-top: 50px;
    }
</style>
<body>
<div class="page-wrapper">
    <nav class="navbar navbar-light bg-light">
        <span class="navbar-brand mb-0 h1" ><a href="/">Socka Players</a></span>
        <a class="float-right" href="/add" title="Add a New Player">Add a Player</a>
    </nav>

index.ejs

This is the homepage of the app which contains a table to display a list of all the players.

<% include partials/header.ejs %>
    <div class="table-wrapper">
        <% if (players.length > 0) {%>
            <table class="table table-hovered">
                <thead class="thead-dark">
                    <tr>
                        <th scope="col">ID</th>
                        <th scope="col">Image</th>
                        <th scope="col">First Name</th>
                        <th scope="col">Last Name</th>
                        <th scope="col">Position</th>
                        <th scope="col">Number</th>
                        <th scope="col">Username</th>
                        <th scope="col">Action</th>
                    </tr>
                </thead>
                <tbody>
                    <% players.forEach((player, index) => { %>
                        <tr>
                            <th scope="row"><%= player.id %></th>
                            <td><img src="/assets/img/<%= player.image %>" class="rounded-circle player-img" alt=""></td>
                            <td><%= player.first_name %></td>
                            <td><%= player.last_name %></td>
                            <td><%= player.position %></td>
                            <td><%= player.number %></td>
                            <td>@<%= player.user_name %></td>
                            <td>
                                <a href="/edit/<%= player.id %>" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="btn btn-sm btn-success">Edit</a>
                                <a href="/delete/<%= player.id %>" class="btn btn-sm btn-danger">Delete</a>
                            </td>
                        </tr>
                    <% }) %>
                </tbody>
            </table>
        <% } else { %>
            <p class="text-center">No players found. Go <a href="/add" >here</a> to add players.</p>
        <% } %>
    </div>
</div>
</body>
</html>

add-player.ejs

This page contains the form to add a new player to the database.

<% include partials/header.ejs %>
    <div class="container">
        <% if (message != '') { %>
            <p class="text-center text-danger"><%= message %></p>
        <% } %>
        <form class="add-player-form" action="" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
            <div class="form-row">
                <div class="form-group col-md-4">
                    <input type="text" class="form-control" name="first_name" id="first-name" placeholder="First Name" required>
                </div>
                <div class="form-group col-md-4">
                    <input type="text" class="form-control" name="last_name" id="last-name" placeholder="Last Name" required>
                </div>
                <div class="form-group col-md-4">
                    <input type="text" class="form-control" name="username" id="username" placeholder="Username" required>
                </div>
            </div>
            <div class="form-row">
                <div class="form-group col-md-6">
                    <input type="number" class="form-control" name="number" id="number" placeholder="Number" required>
                </div>
                <div class="form-group col-md-6">
                    <select id="position" name="position" class="form-control" required>
                        <option selected disabled>Choose position</option>
                        <option>Goalkeeper</option>
                        <option>Defender</option>
                        <option>Midfielder</option>
                        <option>Forward</option>
                    </select>
                </div>
                <div class="col-md-12">
                    <label for="player-img"><b>Player Image</b></label><br>
                    <input type="file" name="image" id="player-img" class="" required>
                </div>
            </div>
            <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary float-right">Add Player</button>
        </form>
    </div>
</div>
</body>
</html>

edit-player.ejs

This page contains the form to edit a player added to the database.

<% include partials/header.ejs %>
<div class="container">
    <% if (message) { %>
        <p class="text-center text-danger"><%= message %></p>
    <% } %>

    <% if (player) { %>
        <form class="add-player-form" action="" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
            <div class="form-row">
                <div class="form-group col-md-4">
                    <label for="first-name">First Name</label>
                    <input type="text" class="form-control" name="first_name" id="first-name" value="<%= player.first_name %>" required>
                </div>
                <div class="form-group col-md-4">
                    <label for="last-name">Last Name</label>
                    <input type="text" class="form-control" name="last_name" id="last-name" value="<%= player.last_name %>" required>
                </div>
                <div class="form-group col-md-4">
                    <label for="username">Username</label>
                    <input type="text" class="form-control" name="username" id="username" value="<%= player.user_name %>" required disabled title="Username cannot be edited.">
                </div>
            </div>
            <div class="form-row">
                <div class="form-group col-md-6">
                    <label for="number">Number</label>
                    <input type="number" class="form-control" name="number" id="number" placeholder="Number" value="<%= player.number %>" required>
                </div>
                <div class="form-group col-md-6">
                    <label for="position">Position</label>
                    <select id="position" name="position" class="form-control" required>
                        <option selected><%= player.position %></option>
                        <option>Goalkeeper</option>
                        <option>Centre Back</option>
                        <option>Right Back</option>
                        <option>Left Back</option>
                        <option>Defensive Midfielder</option>
                        <option>Central Midfielder</option>
                        <option>Attacking Midfielder</option>
                        <option>Right Wing Forward</option>
                        <option>Left Wing Forward</option>
                        <option>Striker</option>
                    </select>
                </div>
            </div>
            <button type="submit" class="btn btn-success float-right">Update Player</button>
        </form>
    <% } else { %>
        <p class="text-center">Player Not Found. Go <a href="/add">here</a> to add players.</p>
    <% } %>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>

Working on the server.

App.js

const express = require('express');
const fileUpload = require('express-fileupload');
const bodyParser = require('body-parser');
const mysql = require('mysql');
const path = require('path');
const app = express();

// const {getHomePage} = require('./routes/index');
// const {addPlayerPage, addPlayer, deletePlayer, editPlayer, editPlayerPage} = require('./routes/player');
const port = 5000;

// create connection to database
// the mysql.createConnection function takes in a configuration object which contains host, user, password and the database name.
const db = mysql.createConnection ({
    host: 'localhost',
    user: 'root',
    password: '',
    database: 'socka'
});

// connect to database
db.connect((err) => {
    if (err) {
        throw err;
    }
    console.log('Connected to database');
});
global.db = db;

// configure middleware
app.set('port', process.env.port || port); // set express to use this port
app.set('views', __dirname + '/views'); // set express to look in this folder to render our view
app.set('view engine', 'ejs'); // configure template engine
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: false }));
app.use(bodyParser.json()); // parse form data client
app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public'))); // configure express to use public folder
app.use(fileUpload()); // configure fileupload

// routes for the app
/*
app.get('/', getHomePage);
app.get('/add', addPlayerPage);
app.get('/edit/:id', editPlayerPage);
app.get('/delete/:id', deletePlayer);
app.post('/add', addPlayer);
app.post('/edit/:id', editPlayer);
*/

// set the app to listen on the port
app.listen(port, () => {
    console.log(`Server running on port: ${port}`);
});

In the above code, the modules are required and then a connection to the database is created. The mysql.createConnection function takes in an object which contains the configuration of the database being connected to. In the next statement, the database is being connected. Run the code below on the command prompt to run the server.

nodemon app.js

Your console should show the result below:

Adding the routes

index.js

Copy the code below into the index.js file in the /routes directory.

module.exports = {
    getHomePage: (req, res) => {
        let query = "SELECT * FROM `players` ORDER BY id ASC"; // query database to get all the players

        // execute query
        db.query(query, (err, result) => {
            if (err) {
                res.redirect('/');
            }
            res.render('index.ejs', {
                title: Welcome to Socka | View Players
                ,players: result
            });
        });
    },
};

The db.query function queries the database. It takes in the query and string and a callback which takes in two parameters, if the query is successful, the result is passed to the view in the res.render function.

player.js

The player.js file is going to contain all the routes for the players page such as adding a player, updating a player's details and deleting a player.

const fs = require('fs');

module.exports = {
    addPlayerPage: (req, res) => {
        res.render('add-player.ejs', {
            title: Welcome to Socka | Add a new player
            ,message: ''
        });
    },
    addPlayer: (req, res) => {
        if (!req.files) {
            return res.status(400).send("No files were uploaded.");
        }

        let message = '';
        let first_name = req.body.first_name;
        let last_name = req.body.last_name;
        let position = req.body.position;
        let number = req.body.number;
        let username = req.body.username;
        let uploadedFile = req.files.image;
        let image_name = uploadedFile.name;
        let fileExtension = uploadedFile.mimetype.split('/')[1];
        image_name = username + '.' + fileExtension;

        let usernameQuery = "SELECT * FROM `players` WHERE user_name = '" + username + "'";

        db.query(usernameQuery, (err, result) => {
            if (err) {
                return res.status(500).send(err);
            }
            if (result.length > 0) {
                message = 'Username already exists';
                res.render('add-player.ejs', {
                    message,
                    title: Welcome to Socka | Add a new player
                });
            } else {
                // check the filetype before uploading it
                if (uploadedFile.mimetype === 'image/png' || uploadedFile.mimetype === 'image/jpeg' || uploadedFile.mimetype === 'image/gif') {
                    // upload the file to the /public/assets/img directory
                    uploadedFile.mv(`public/assets/img/${image_name}`, (err ) => {
                        if (err) {
                            return res.status(500).send(err);
                        }
                        // send the player's details to the database
                        let query = "INSERT INTO `players` (first_name, last_name, position, number, image, user_name) VALUES ('" +
                            first_name + "', '" + last_name + "', '" + position + "', '" + number + "', '" + image_name + "', '" + username + "')";
                        db.query(query, (err, result) => {
                            if (err) {
                                return res.status(500).send(err);
                            }
                            res.redirect('/');
                        });
                    });
                } else {
                    message = "Invalid File format. Only 'gif', 'jpeg' and 'png' images are allowed.";
                    res.render('add-player.ejs', {
                        message,
                        title: Welcome to Socka | Add a new player
                    });
                }
            }
        });
    },
    editPlayerPage: (req, res) => {
        let playerId = req.params.id;
        let query = "SELECT * FROM `players` WHERE id = '" + playerId + "' ";
        db.query(query, (err, result) => {
            if (err) {
                return res.status(500).send(err);
            }
            res.render('edit-player.ejs', {
                title: Edit  Player
                ,player: result[0]
                ,message: ''
            });
        });
    },
    editPlayer: (req, res) => {
        let playerId = req.params.id;
        let first_name = req.body.first_name;
        let last_name = req.body.last_name;
        let position = req.body.position;
        let number = req.body.number;

        let query = "UPDATE `players` SET `first_name` = '" + first_name + "', `last_name` = '" + last_name + "', `position` = '" + position + "', `number` = '" + number + "' WHERE `players`.`id` = '" + playerId + "'";
        db.query(query, (err, result) => {
            if (err) {
                return res.status(500).send(err);
            }
            res.redirect('/');
        });
    },
    deletePlayer: (req, res) => {
        let playerId = req.params.id;
        let getImageQuery = 'SELECT image from `players` WHERE id = "' + playerId + '"';
        let deleteUserQuery = 'DELETE FROM players WHERE id = "' + playerId + '"';

        db.query(getImageQuery, (err, result) => {
            if (err) {
                return res.status(500).send(err);
            }

            let image = result[0].image;

            fs.unlink(`public/assets/img/${image}`, (err) => {
                if (err) {
                    return res.status(500).send(err);
                }
                db.query(deleteUserQuery, (err, result) => {
                    if (err) {
                        return res.status(500).send(err);
                    }
                    res.redirect('/');
                });
            });
        });
    }
};

This file handles all the post and get requests for the players page. The add player function contains a function that uploads the player's image to the /public/assets/img directory and sends the player's details to the database.

Connecting the routes and the views

Go to app.js and uncomment the following lines

on line 8 and 9

// const {getHomePage} = require('./routes/index');
// const {addPlayerPage, addPlayer, deletePlayer, editPlayer, editPlayerPage} = require('./routes/player');

on line 40 - 47

/*
app.get('/', getHomePage);
app.get('/add', addPlayerPage);
app.get('/edit/:id', editPlayerPage);
app.get('/delete/:id', deletePlayer);
app.post('/add', addPlayer);
app.post('/edit/:id', editPlayer);
*/

Running the app

After removing the commented lines, check your command prompt to ensure your code has no errors, then head over to your browser and open http://localhost:5000. The index page will be shown and since no players have been added, the page will look similar to the one below:

Click the Add a player link on the page, the add player page will load and then fill the form to add a player. After adding a player the home page will display the players added in a table. Like this

If errors are encountered, draw my attention in the comment section or check the repo of the project on github.
The code is not perfect and please feel free to make it better and send a pull request.

Don't forget to check me out on twitter or github.