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Jefferson Gonçalves
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Devfinder App

An application made in vanilla javascript that finds user information from github

#DevFinder

A production-ready GitHub user search app that displays profile information, statistics, and popular repositories using the GitHub public API.

#Technologies

  • HTML5 (semantic, accessible markup)
  • CSS3 (custom animations, glassmorphism, responsive layout)
  • Vanilla JavaScript (ES6+)
  • GitHub REST API v3

#Features

  • Live search with debounce (~450ms) and Enter-to-search
  • Profile card — avatar, name, bio, company, location, website, Twitter
  • Stats dashboard — repositories, total stars, followers, following (compact number format)
  • Top 3 popular repositories sorted by star count
  • Local cache (TTL 6h, max 30 profiles) with recent profiles ranking
  • Example username chips for quick discovery
  • Accessible UI — ARIA live regions, focus trap in modal, skip link, keyboard shortcuts
  • Error handling — 404, rate limit (with reset time), network errors, retry button
  • Responsive design for desktop, tablet, and mobile

#Keyboard shortcuts

Key Action
Enter Search immediately
Escape Close modal, or close results / go home
Tab Navigate (focus trapped inside About modal)

#Usage

  1. Clone the repository
  2. Open index.html in a modern browser (or serve via any static server)
  3. Type a GitHub username, or click an example chip
  4. Browse the profile; press Back or Escape to return home

No build step or dependencies required.

#Optional local server

# Python
python -m http.server 8080

# Node
npx serve .

#Technical overview

#Architecture

Client-side only:

  1. API — GET /users/{username} and GET /users/{username}/repos
  2. Processing — total stars, top repos by stars, activity score
  3. Cache — localStorage with TTL, search count, and size limit
  4. Rendering — escaped HTML templates + progressive UI states

#Production hardening

  • AbortController cancels in-flight requests (no race conditions)
  • Request ID ignores stale responses
  • Username validation before calling the API
  • XSS-safe rendering (escapeHtml on all dynamic text)
  • Safe external URLs (http/https only for blog links)
  • Rate-limit headers parsed for friendlier messages
  • prefers-reduced-motion respected

#Activity score

score = followers×5 + totalStars×10 + publicRepos×2
      + (bio ? 20 : 0) + (company ? 10 : 0)
      + (location ? 10 : 0) + (blog ? 10 : 0)

#API rate limits

Unauthenticated GitHub API: 60 requests/hour per IP.
The app shows when the limit is exceeded and the approximate reset time. Cached profiles do not consume extra requests until the TTL expires.

#Browser support

Modern browsers with ES6+ and fetch / AbortController:

  • Chrome 66+
  • Firefox 57+
  • Safari 12.1+
  • Edge 79+

#Author

Renato Khael — LinkedIn

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