The summary of ‘Shadcn UI Crash Course #2 – Card Components’

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00:00:0000:10:47

In the video, the presenter demonstrates the setup and use of a Next.js app to create a recipe display using Shard UI components. The recipe data, stored in a `db.json` file, is served via `json-server` on port 4000, and fetched using an asynchronous function, `getRecipes`. The data is then displayed in a grid layout powered by Tailwind CSS.

The process begins with integrating a card component, referencing Shard UI documentation, and utilizing the Sharden UI CLI to add the component to the project. The card component structure includes a header, content, and footer, with the header showing the recipe title and brief description, the content containing more details, and the footer featuring a "view recipe" button and a vegan indicator.

Additionally, Tailwind CSS classes are applied to the card components to improve the layout, ensuring consistent alignment and spacing. The presenter demonstrates previewing the components in a browser to show the recipes' details and vegan status. The video concludes with a preview of upcoming lessons that will involve further enhancements using additional Shard UI components like Avatar, Button, and Badge.

00:00:00

In this part of the video, the presenter has a Next.js app set up along with some configuration for Shard UI. They plan to add components, specifically starting with a card component to display recipe data. The recipe data, stored in a `db.json` file, includes nine objects each with properties like ID, title, image path, time, description, and a vegan flag. To fetch this data, the presenter uses `json-server`, which they demonstrate how to install and run to serve data on port 4000. This allows the app to fetch data from an API endpoint. They define an interface for the data structure and create an asynchronous function, `getRecipes`, to fetch and return the recipe data. The component is marked as async to handle the data fetching, and Tailwind CSS is used to set up a grid layout for displaying the recipes. The presenter sets up a grid with three columns and iterates over the fetched recipes to display each one inside a card component.

00:03:00

In this part of the video, the speaker demonstrates how to integrate and utilize a card component in a project. They start by showing how to reference the documentation to find examples and different styles for the card component. Using the Sharden UI CLI, they demonstrate the addition of the card component to the project by running a command in the terminal, which generates the component and places it in the components folder.

The speaker then explains the structure of the card component, including the card itself, the header, title, description, content, and footer. They import the necessary elements from the card component file and highlight the importance of adding a unique key prop to each card element based on the recipe ID. Additionally, they mention that Tailwind classes can be applied to override default styles, but this will be focused on later. The segment concludes with the creation of the card header component within the card.

00:06:00

In this part of the video, the speaker explains how to structure a card component with a header, content, and footer. The card header includes the title and a brief description of the recipe, including the cooking time. The card content contains a longer description of the recipe, while the card footer features a “view recipe” button and a conditional vegan message. The speaker then previews the component in a browser, showing different cards with recipe details and vegan status. Lastly, the speaker mentions using Tailwind classes to ensure all “view recipe” buttons align at the bottom despite differing content lengths.

00:09:00

In this part of the video, the creator adds Tailwind CSS classes to improve the layout of a card component. They first apply classes to the card to make it flex in a column direction and evenly space the header, content, and footer. Then, they apply classes to the card header for future use, such as adding an avatar. Finally, they add classes to the card footer to position elements properly. After saving and refreshing, the changes result in the buttons being aligned at the bottom and specific text moving to the right. The creator concludes by previewing the next lesson, which will involve using additional components like Avatar, Button, and Badge.

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