Building Interactive Albums with React: Bang Chan and Seungmin Edition

Introduction to Creating Dynamic Albums with React

In today’s digital world, where music and visual art unite, creating engaging web experiences that showcase artists is essential. This article will guide you through building an interactive album interface using React, featuring the charismatic duo of Bang Chan and Seungmin from the popular K-Pop group Stray Kids. We’ll leverage React’s powerful component-based architecture to create a responsive and user-friendly album display.

We’ll break the development process into manageable steps, ensuring that both beginners and seasoned developers can follow along. Whether you’re a budding web developer or a professional looking to enhance your React skills, you’ll find valuable insights and practical examples to help you create an engaging music album showcase. By the end of this tutorial, you’ll not only have an exciting project on your hands, but you’ll also have a deeper understanding of React’s capabilities.

Let’s dive into the musical journey and learn how to effectively utilize React’s state management, routing, and component life-cycle methods to craft an album interface that captures the essence of these remarkable artists.

Setting Up Your React Development Environment

Before we jump into coding, let’s ensure that we have everything set up correctly. If you haven’t already, you will need to install Node.js, which includes npm (Node Package Manager). With Node.js installed, you can set up your React app with just one command. Open your terminal and run:

npx create-react-app bang-chan-seungmin-album

This command initializes a new React project called ‘bang-chan-seungmin-album.’ Once the setup completes, navigate to the project directory:

cd bang-chan-seungmin-album

After that, you can start your development server using:

npm start

Your newly created React application should now be running on http://localhost:3000. You can modify the src/App.js file to begin your project. Inside this directory, we’ll structure our component layout and begin implementing the album features.

Creating the Album Layout

The first step is to design the album layout where we will showcase Bang Chan and Seungmin’s songs. We’ll create a new component called Album.js in the src/components directory. Here’s how to create it:

mkdir src/components

touch src/components/Album.js

Now, let’s define our Album component. We’ll use some mock data for the album information:

import React from 'react';

const Album = () => {
  const songs = [
    { title: 'Song 1', duration: '3:40' },
    { title: 'Song 2', duration: '2:55' },
    { title: 'Song 3', duration: '4:10' },
    // Add more songs here
  ]; 

  return (
    

      
Album: Bang Chan & Seungmin
      

        {songs.map((song, index) => (
          
{song.title} - {song.duration}
        ))}
      
    
  );
};

export default Album;

In the above code, we’ve created a simple unordered list that displays the title and duration of each song in the album. The map function is being used here to iterate over the songs array and render a list item for each song, which provides a great example of React’s strength in handling lists and keys efficiently.

Styling Your Album Component

Now that we have a functional Album component, let’s add some styles to make it visually appealing. Inside the src directory, create a new CSS file named Album.css and import it into the Album.js file. Here’s how you can define some basic styles:

.album {
  padding: 20px;
  border: 1px solid #ccc;
  border-radius: 5px;
  background-color: #fafafa;
  width: 50%;
  margin: 20px auto;
  text-align: center;
}

.album h2 {
  color: #333;
}

.album ul {
  list-style-type: none;
  padding: 0;
}

.album li {
  margin: 10px 0;
  font-size: 1.2em;
}

This code not only styles the `

import './Album.css';

mkdir public/audio

import React, { useState } from 'react';
import './Album.css';

const Album = () => {
  const [currentSong, setCurrentSong] = useState(null);

  const songs = [
    { title: 'Song 1', duration: '3:40', file: 'audio/song1.mp3' },
    { title: 'Song 2', duration: '2:55', file: 'audio/song2.mp3' },
    { title: 'Song 3', duration: '4:10', file: 'audio/song3.mp3' },
  ];

  const handlePlay = (file) => {
    setCurrentSong(file);
  };

  return (
    

      
Album: Bang Chan & Seungmin
      

        {songs.map((song, index) => (
          
 
            {song.title} - {song.duration} 
             handlePlay(song.file)}>Play
          
        ))}
      
      {currentSong && }
    
  );
};

export default Album;

const [isPlaying, setIsPlaying] = useState(false);

const handlePlay = (file) => {
    setCurrentSong(file);
    setIsPlaying(true);
};

const handlePause = () => {
   setIsPlaying(false);
};

{isPlaying ? Now Playing... : ''}
 {handlePlay(song.file);}}>Play

touch src/__tests__/Album.test.js

import { render, screen } from '@testing-library/react';
import Album from '../components/Album';

test('renders the album title', () => {
  render();
  const linkElement = screen.getByText(/Album: Bang Chan & Seungmin/i);
  expect(linkElement).toBeInTheDocument();
});

npm test