Welcome to my portfolio website built with ReactJS, Three.js, and hosted on Vercel
This project showcases my portfolio and allows visitors to view my work and send me messages directly through the website.
To run this project locally, follow these steps:
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Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/SheLearningCode/ivana-maksimovic.git
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Navigate to the project directory:
cd portfolio -
Install the dependencies:
npm install
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Start the React app:
npm start
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Open your web browser and visit http://localhost:5173/ to view the project locally.
- Why: ReactJS was chosen for its component-based architecture, virtual DOM rendering, and strong community support, making it ideal for building interactive and responsive user interfaces.
- Advantages: Faster rendering performance, reusable components, efficient updates with virtual DOM, large ecosystem of libraries and tools.
- Disadvantages: Steeper learning curve for beginners, complex state management in larger applications.
- Why: Three.js was selected for its powerful capabilities in 3D graphics rendering, allowing for the creation of visually appealing and interactive elements in the portfolio.
- Advantages: Cross-platform compatibility, extensive documentation and examples, support for WebGL and Canvas rendering.
- Disadvantages: Requires understanding of 3D concepts and mathematics, potential performance overhead with complex scenes.
- Why: EmailJs simplifies the handling of form submissions and email sending, providing a seamless communication channel between visitors and the website owner.
- Advantages: Easy integration with frontend applications, support for custom email templates, secure handling of email submissions.
- Disadvantages: Limited customization options compared to self-hosted email servers, potential reliance on third-party service availability.
- Why: dotenv is used to manage environment variables, ensuring sensitive information such as API keys and database credentials are kept secure.
- Advantages: Simplifies configuration management, improves security by preventing sensitive data exposure.
- Disadvantages: Adds overhead for managing additional configuration files, potential risk of misconfiguration.
- Why: Material-UI offers a wide range of pre-designed UI components and styles, enabling rapid development and consistent design across the portfolio.
- Advantages: Rich set of customizable components, adherence to Material Design principles, active community and ongoing development.
- Disadvantages: Higher bundle size compared to custom-styled components, potential design limitations for highly customized interfaces.
- Why: React Lazy allows for dynamic loading of components, improving initial page load time and reducing bundle size by loading components only when needed.
- Advantages: Improved performance with code splitting, reduced bundle size for faster page loads.
- Disadvantages: Requires careful implementation to avoid performance issues, may not be suitable for all applications.
- Why: react-three-fiber provides a React renderer for Three.js, enabling the creation of interactive 3D scenes with the simplicity of React components.
- Advantages: Seamless integration with React, declarative API for building complex 3D scenes, extensive documentation and examples.
- Disadvantages: Learning curve for beginners, potential performance overhead with complex scenes.
- Why: Bootstrap 5 offers a comprehensive set of CSS and JavaScript components, providing a responsive and mobile-first design framework for building modern websites.
- Advantages: Rapid development with pre-styled components, responsive design out-of-the-box, extensive documentation and community support.
- Disadvantages: Limited customization compared to custom CSS, risk of websites looking similar due to common Bootstrap styles.
- Why: framer-motion is a library for creating fluid animations and interactions in React applications, enhancing the user experience with visually appealing effects.
- Advantages: Declarative API for creating complex animations, support for gestures and transitions, high performance with minimal overhead.
- Disadvantages: Learning curve for beginners, potential complexity in managing state and animation timing.
- To-Dos:
- Create own 3D models to showcase unique and personalized content.
- Implement scalability considerations and best practices to ensure the website can handle increased traffic and maintain performance under load.
- Explore additional features such as user authentication, content management system (CMS) integration, and analytics tracking to enhance functionality and user experience.
- Continuously update and refine the portfolio with new projects and achievements to keep it relevant and engaging
- as dotenv is actually not secure enough as sensitive data can be easily seen with help of web-dev-tools it would be better using Backend APIs: Instead of directly exposing sensitive data to the client-side code, implement backend APIs that handle requests for sensitive information. The client-side code can then communicate with these APIs to fetch the required data securely
If you have any questions, feedback, or would like to get in touch with me, you can use the contact form on my portfolio or email me at maksimovic.ivana@protonmail.com
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.