usePopcorn is a lightweight movie discovery and tracking application built entirely with React Hooks.

Search through a vast movie database, explore detailed movie information, rate films based on your personal taste, and maintain a curated watchlist of your favorite titles—all within a clean and intuitive interface.

The project focuses on modern React fundamentals and showcases practical usage of hooks for state management, side effects, and UI interactions.

• 🔍 Instant movie search
• 🎥 Detailed movie information and synopses
• ⭐ Personal movie rating system
• 📌 Save and manage your watchlist
• ⚡ Fast and responsive React state updates
• 🎯 Built entirely with React Hooks
• 🧠 Demonstrates modern React patterns and best practices

• React
• JavaScript (ES6+)
• Create React App
• React Hooks
  • useState
  • useEffect
  • useRef
  • Custom Hooks

Make sure you have installed:

• Node.js
• npm

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/Oohnohassani/usePopcorn.git

Navigate into the project directory:

cd usePopcorn

Install dependencies:

npm install

Start the development server:

npm run start

The application will be available at:

http://localhost:3000

This project was built to practice and demonstrate:

• React component architecture
• State management with Hooks
• Side effects with useEffect
• Reusable custom hooks
• Component composition
• API data fetching
• Conditional rendering
• Performance optimizations

This project is intentionally focused on frontend development and React fundamentals.

• ❌ Not responsive
• ❌ Not mobile-friendly
• ❌ No backend/database
• ❌ No user authentication
• ❌ No persistent cloud storage

For now, ratings and watchlists exist only within the application's current state.

Planned enhancements include:

• 📱 Responsive design
• 🌙 Dark mode
• 🔐 User authentication
• ☁️ Backend integration
• 🗄️ Database persistence
• 👥 User profiles
• 🎯 Personalized recommendations

Here is a screenchot of usePopcorn🍿 application

Contributions, suggestions, and improvements are welcome.

Feel free to fork the project and submit a pull request.

This project is licensed under the MIT License.