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In this video, we enhance and refine the code generated by ChatGPT for our interactive scoreboard app. We'll break down the app into modular components, including the header, player, and counter. Watch as we demonstrate the process of organizing the code for better maintainability and reusability. Additionally, we'll make styling adjustments to improve the app's visual appearance.
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We now have a functional scoreboard app.
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But before we proceed
to add more features,
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let's take a moment to improve
the code generated by ChatGPT.
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In React, the power lies in utilizing
components to create a more modular and
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manageable code structure.
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I'm going to put ChatGPTs ability to
the test by asking it to separate our
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React project into multiple components.
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While we're at it,
let's also enhance the app styling.
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I want to adjust the scoreboard's
appearance by making it 400 pixels
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wide and centered on the page.
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Additionally, I'd like the scoreboard
to have a light gray background color
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while the heading should have
a blue violet background color.
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Let's prompt ChatGPT with the following.
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React is all about using components.
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Can you break the scoreboard
app into different components?
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Also adjust the scoreboard to be 400
pixels wide and centered to the page.
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The scoreboard should have
a background color of light gray,
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while the header should have
a background color of blue-violet.
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All right, let's examine how
ChatGPT has restructured our app.
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Now the app component simply contains
the initial list of players and
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renders the scoreboard component.
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The scoreboard component
handles score changes and
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player deletion renders the heading and
the player component.
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The player component in turn calls
functions in the scoreboard component to
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manage score changes and player deletion.
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It renders the delete button,
player's name,
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buttons to adjust the score and
the score itself.
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While this approach works, it's not
aligned with my preferred coding style.
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Currently the app component
seems redundant as it
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only points to another component for
rendering.
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Personally, I would have kept the code
in the scoreboard component within
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the app component.
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Additionally, I would introduce a header
component to display the score title and
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statistics, and a counter component
to handle the score display and
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score adjustment buttons.
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Since I'm not entirely satisfied
with the code generated by ChatGPT,
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I'll provide it more specific
instructions this time.
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Let's prom ChatGPT with
the following details.
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I'm not a fan of this solution
using the original code,
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can you break the scoreboard
up into four components?
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The App component should display a Header
component and a Player component.
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The Header component should
display the scoreboard title and
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the total number of players.
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The Player component should display
the delete button the players name and
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the counter component.
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The Counter component should display the
score and the buttons to adjust the score.
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I'll also paste the styling
adjustment from the last prompt.
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And I'll let it know that
ever since React version 17,
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you no longer need to import React, so
you can leave that import statement out.
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By providing more specific instructions
and clarifying your preferred structure,
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you can guide ChatGPT to generate
suggestions that align more closely
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with your coding style and
component organization preferences.
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All right,
let's review the changes made by ChatGPT.
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I noticed that the code still imports
React at the top of the file,
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even though we told it to leave it out.
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I'll just delete it when
we copy the code over.
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Examining the App component,
we can see that the list of
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players is now a simple array and
not a state anymore.
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I wonder how it handles a score change or
when a player is removed.
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Moving down to the Player component,
we find that it creates a score state,
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which means the displayed score may not
match the score in the App component.
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Additionally, the Delete button
no longer has an on click event,
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which means nothing will happen
when the user clicks it.
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It seems that ChatGPT may have
encountered difficulties in
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properly separating
the app into components.
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I'll address this mistake and
as ChatGPT for a fix,
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I'll prompt ChatGPT with the following.
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I believe there's a mistake in your code.
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The list of players in the app
component should be a state.
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The app component should have functions
that handle the score change and
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the removal of a player when
the delete button is clicked.
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Those functions should be passed
down to the respective components.
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Okay, it's good to see that ChatGPT
acknowledged its mistake and
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agreed with the need for the list
of players to be stored as a state.
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It also provided functions
to handle score changes and
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player removal which are now being passed
down to the player and counter components.
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However, when we scroll down,
it hasn't given us the updated code for
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the header, player, and
counter components.
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To get the missing code, I'll prompt
ChatGPT with the following request.
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Please provide me the code for the Header,
Player, and Counter components.
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Also the code in App.css.
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First I'll copy the code for
the App.jsx file and
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replace the existing code in our project.
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I'll also remove the unnecessary
import statement for React.
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Next, we'll create separate files for the
Header, Player, and Counter components.
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Based on the import statement in the code,
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it appears that these components need to
be placed in a folder named components.
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So I'll create that folder and add
the respective files for each component.
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Back to ChatGPT, I'll copy the code for
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the Header component and
paste it into our Header.jsx file.
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I'll also remove the import statement for
React.
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It seems we're encountering an ESLint
error related to prop validation.
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Since we won't be implementing
prop validation in this video,
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we can turn off this error.
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I'll head over to the ES
lint configuration file and
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under rules add a line for
the react/prop types rule and turn it off.
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If you're interested in learning
more about prop validation,
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I've included a link below for
you to explore.
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After saving the ESLink
configuration file,
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the errors should be resolved
in our header component.
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Now let's copy the code for the player
component and paste it into our project,
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making sure to remove
the import statement for React.
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We'll follow the same steps for
the counter component, copy the code, and
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paste it into our project, then delete the
unnecessary import statement for React.
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With that done,
we can move on to updating the styling.
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Copy the code and paste it in App.css.
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All right, let's save our changes and
check them out in the browser.
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Well, our app looks different.
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We can see that the Header has
the desired blue violet color.
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However, it seems that ChatGPT
didn't apply the light
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gray background color or
the 400 pixel width to the app.
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Let's address this quickly.
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To apply the changes,
I'll modify the App.css file.
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I'll add a light gray background color,
adjusting the shade if necessary.
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Next, I'll set the width to 400 pixels.
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To center our scoreboard app,
I'll set the margin to auto.
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Finally, to ensure that the header and
players are displayed in a column layout,
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I'll set the flex direction
property to column.
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Feel free to play around with the CSS
more or ask ChatGPT to improve on it.
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After saving these changes,
let's head back to the browser and
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see how our app looks now.
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This looks much better.
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Let's see if it still has
all its functionalities.
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We can still increase or decrease
a player score, remove players and
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the total number of players is
correctly updated to three.
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In just a short time, we were able
to leverage the power of AI to
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generate code and
then enhance it through our own expertise.
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In the next video, we're taking our
scoreboard app to the next level by adding
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three exciting features.
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