Developing the "Coders repository" application

Throughout the process of explaining the listed concepts, we'll develop a sample application that contains a repository of developers. Before we start coding, let's discuss the structure of the application.

The "Coders repository" will allow its users to add developers, either by filling a form with details about them, or by providing the GitHub handle for the developer and importing their profile from GitHub.

Note

For the purpose of this chapter, we will store information about the developers in memory, which means that, after the page is refreshed, we'll lose all the data stored during the session.

The application will have the following views:

• A list of all the developers.

• A view for adding or importing new developers.

• A view that shows the given developer's details. This view has two subviews:

  • Basic details: Shows the name of the developer and their GitHub avatar if available.

  • Advanced profile: Shows all the details known of the developer.

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