Frontend Mentor - Chat App CSS Illustration Solution

This is a solution to the Chat app CSS illustration challenge on Frontend Mentor. Frontend Mentor challenges help you improve your coding skills by building realistic projects.

Table of Contents

• Project Overview
• Tech Stack and Approach
• Local Development
• Deployment

🌅 Project Overview

Challenge Requirements

• View the optimal layout for the component depending on their device's screen size
• Bonus: See the chat interface animate on the initial load

Status

Features

• Interactive chat app that will response with random quote

Accessibility

• Responsive accross different screen sizes
• Interactive elements have clear focus indicator

🌠 Tech Stack and Approach

Built With

• HTML5 – Semantic structure
• SolidJS – Fine-grained reactivity state management
• TailwindCSS – Utility-first CSS for fast development
• TypeScript - Interactivity and application logic
• Vite - Fast development server, production build and easy configuration

Approach

• Mobile-first workflow for better performance on smaller devices
• Accessibility guided by ARIA Authoring Practices Guide (APG)

🍃 Local Development

Prerequisites

Install the following:

• Git (latest version)
• Node.js (latest LTS recommended)
• pnpm (latest version)

Setup

git clone https://github.com/haquanq-frontendmentor/chat-app-css-illustration.git
cd chat-app-css-illustration
pnpm install

Start Development Server

pnpm dev

🍁 Deployment

Deployed to Github Pages via Github Action.