Go Build This Stuff: A community list of ideas

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Brief introductions Hi, my name is Brett Thurston. I'm a developer and maker who enjoys working in the front-end spectrum of development and design. I've made an app and wanted to recap some highlights and lessons learned from my journey so far. I'd ...

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Hey, if you're reading this, you're invited to help others break free from creative blocks. How? Just push a branch up to this repo. Easy. :D
https://github.com/BrettThurs10/GoBuildThisStuff
This list is great inspiration for developers needing to update their portfolio or for devs who want a fresh challenge.
Below is the list in it's current entirety. For the latest and greatest, see the github repo linked above.
Now, go forth and create! If you do, leave a comment here and share your work. :D
Suggested APIs are just that, suggested. Feel free to find others.
Bonus points for using geolocation for detect my location.
Resources: https://openweathermap.org/api, https://darksky.net/dev, https://www.i18next.com/
Create a simple Jeopardy style website with categories of topics
Resources: http://jservice.io/
Create a searchable card generator with categories for spells, monsters, loot, weapons, etc...
Resources: http://www.dnd5eapi.co/
Create a searchable card generator with for all the Pokemans
Resources: https://pokeapi.co/
Create a searchable cocktail database
Resources: https://www.thecocktaildb.com/api.php
Create a bitcoin dashboard showing the current price index of Bitcoin and other crypto currencies
Resources: https://www.coindesk.com/coindesk-api, https://api.coinpaprika.com/v1/coins/btc-bitcoin
Create a searchable job postings website
Resources: https://jobs.github.com/positions.json?description=api
Create a website that fetches data about the IP address you give it
Resources: https://ipinfo.io/161.185.160.93/geo
Resources: http://makeup-api.herokuapp.com/
Use geolocation to detect the closest breweries near me.
Resources: https://api.openbrewerydb.org/breweries
Resources: https://randomuser.me/api/
Create a searchable super hero database and link related heroes/villains
Resources: https://superheroapi.com/, https://developer.marvel.com/
Create a searchable Hearthstone database
Resources: https://hearthstoneapi.com/
Resources: https://www.djamware.com/post/5f2a1d9d9c794f177fd7b527/react-js-tutorial-building-firebase-chat-app-react-hooks
Resources: https://dev.npr.org/api/
Create a ton of cool things with the NASA API
Resources: https://api.nasa.gov/
Bust the bad guys
Resources: https://github.com/fbi-cde/crime-data-frontend
Resources: https://geekflare.com/flight-data-api/
Resources: https://www.yelp.com/developers/
Do sports stuff
Resources: https://rapidapi.com/blog/best-sports-apis-ranked/
Create a Netflix or Hulu clone
Resources: https://www.themoviedb.org/documentation/api
Resources: https://covid-api.com/, https://leafletjs.com/
Make a dice roller app where the user can select all manner of dice to roll (and multiples of, too).
Resources: https://developer.spotify.com/documentation/web-api/
Create a dashboard showing launch pad data and upcoming events
Resources: https://github.com/r-spacex/SpaceX-API
Resources: https://apidocs.cheapshark.com/
Resources: http://api.citybik.es/v2/
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