Learn Intermediate Redux by Building Tetris

[QuincyLarson]

[shynonagons]

This is something I'd like to help build. Wondering if we are trying to keep things Codepen-first, as they are now? I ask because a Redux project in Codepen would be a big wall of JS compared to the neater /store /actions /reducers folder structure that's common to Redux projects.

[QuincyLarson]

@Perezvon Thanks for your patience.

To answer your question, you could build this on Glitch instead, or any other place where the demo is live on the internet alongside the code that powers it. Glitch is better for multi-file demos imho.

The first step is to build the project itself. Then you can work backward to break it down into steps, like this: https://github.com/freeCodeCamp/CurriculumExpansion/pull/135/files#diff-99314d694942b489d28d8a6f0c3bc5a3

[shynonagons]

Agreed, I like Glitch. OK I'll get started on building it then!

[padunk]

Hi, I would love to help on this project.
Please let me know if you need help with this @Perezvon
Note: I prefer to build it on CodeSandbox, but I think Glitch will do 😄

[QuincyLarson]

@Perezvon Have you had any time to work on this yet? Please keep us posted on your progress. Once you have a demo - even a really rough one - please share it with us so we can give you feedback 👍

[shynonagons]

@QuincyLarson Yep, I've got a skeleton in place and am just getting started on game logic. I'm building in my local environment (because apparently I've developed preferences) but I'll push it to a repo or to Glitch so that others can help (@padunk I'd be happy to collaborate)! Should be able to get to that tonight or tomorrow.

[QuincyLarson]

@Perezvon Awesome! I am pumped to see it and play with it!

[shynonagons]

@QuincyLarson Here's what I got so far -- like I said, very skeletal. Pieces are just one square each and there's no line-completion check yet. But it's a start. https://glitch.com/edit/#!/perezvon-fcc-redux-tetris

[QuincyLarson]

@Perezvon It looks like this is off to a great start! You even have the "hold down to drop the piece faster" functionality.

I think if people are able to build something like this step by step, it will really help them feel empowered.

Keep up the great work!

[scissorsneedfoodtoo]

@Perezvon, just checking in to see how things are going with your prototype. Were you able to make some progress?

[swyxio]

i am interested in helping! perezvon's demo looks almost there though!

[scissorsneedfoodtoo]

@sw-yx, awesome! We appreciate any help we can get!

It's true that @Perezvon's demo is almost there, but we haven't had an update in some time, so I think it's safe to assume that no further progress was made. The project is all yours! I'm sure he won't mind if you fork his Glitch above if you don't want to start from scratch. If he comes back later and can contribute, perhaps the two of you can finish the prototype and start breaking the project down into short lessons together.

Please take a look at the Contributing doc before you get started. Also, do you have about 15 or 20 minutes to hop on a call? I can show you some of the other projects and answer any questions you might have. If so, please send me a message at kris@freecodecamp.org!

[swyxio]

i will email you :)