The latest articles on DEV Community by Arup Mandal (@iamarupmandal). https://dev.to/iamarupmandal https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F624569%2F7327fda3-e3a6-45da-a6d3-ed22fc92a705.png https://dev.to/iamarupmandal en Arup Mandal Mon, 01 Aug 2022 09:25:41 +0000 https://dev.to/iamarupmandal/convert-github-repos-to-a-portfolio-website-5g2h https://dev.to/iamarupmandal/convert-github-repos-to-a-portfolio-website-5g2h <h2> Introducing Projects </h2> <p>Present all your projects in style with a super customizable web app! ✨</p> <p><code>Projects</code> uses the GitHub API to list all your GitHub projects in a nice searchable grid.<br> Also shows pretty programming icons using <code>devicons</code>.</p> <h2> Inspiration </h2> <p>Needed a way to display all my projects, used my portfolio's project section as inspiration</p> <h2> Getting Projects </h2> <p>To get projects, follow these steps:<br> </p> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight plaintext"><code>git clone https://github.com/arupmandal/arupmandalV2 cd projects </code></pre> </div> <h2> Setup Your Own Projects </h2> <p>You can easily set up projects to show your own repos.</p> <ul> <li><p>Fork the repo</p></li> <li><p>Clone it</p></li> <li><p>Open up <code>script.js</code> and update the <code>username</code> variable to your GitHub username.</p></li> <li><p>Open up <code>index.html</code> and update the <code>title</code> tag to make it your username.</p></li> <li><p>You may also want to update the favicon too, update the <code>link</code> tag in <code>index.html</code></p></li> <li><p>Push your changes</p></li> <li><p>Go to repo settings on GitHub and enable GitHub Pages.<br> The site should be live on <code>https://&lt;your-username&gt;.github.io/projects</code></p></li> </ul> <p>Here's the profile for <a class="mentioned-user" href="https://dev.to/sindresorhus">@sindresorhus</a></p> <p><a href="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--Qs4XbyOt--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/9zipz3lmsrdpkkn1yy27.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--Qs4XbyOt--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/9zipz3lmsrdpkkn1yy27.png" alt="Image description" width="880" height="593"></a></p> <h2> Number Of Repos </h2> <p>The number of repos is controlled by the <code>maxPages</code> variable, the GitHub API supports 100 repos per page max.<br> If you have less than 100 repos, set <code>maxPages</code> to 1, if you have 300 then 3.</p> <p>You can also edit the fetch query to reduce the per page repo count.</p> <p>There's no pagination, all repos are shown on the same page.</p> <h2> Authenticated Requests </h2> <p>If you are working locally and notice the API is not sending over data, it might be because of rate limit on GitHub API requests.</p> <p>You can either wait for an hour or setup a personal access token on GitHub and pass that into the fetch request in <code>script.js</code></p> <h2> Viewing projects </h2> <p>Open <code>index.html</code> in your favorite browser or visit <a href="//arupmandal.github.io/arupmandalV2">arupmandal.github.io/arupmandalV2</a>.</p> <h2> How it was built </h2> <p>Projects was built using <code>HTML</code> <code>CSS</code> &amp; <code>JavaScript</code>.<br> It was built on Neovim and the python http server.<br> Uses GitHub API for data and Devicons for programming icons.</p> <h2> What I learned </h2> <p>Learned about a few quirks of the fetch API, especially implementation of <code>maxPages</code>.<br> Flex, box-shadow and some other CSS tricks were revisited.</p> <h2> What's next </h2> <p>Add more languages to devicons if necessary.</p> <p>Hit the ⭐ button if you found this useful.</p> javascript github