Frontend Mentor - Password generator app solution

This is a solution to the Password generator app challenge on Frontend Mentor. Frontend Mentor challenges help you improve your coding skills by building realistic projects.

Table of contents

• Frontend Mentor - Password generator app solution
  • Table of contents
  • Overview
    • The challenge
    • Screenshot
    • Links
  • My process
    • Built with
    • What I learned
    • Continued development
    • Useful resources
  • Author

Overview

The challenge

Users should be able to:

• Generate a password based on the selected inclusion options
• Copy the generated password to the computer's clipboard
• See a strength rating for their generated password
• View the optimal layout for the interface depending on their device's screen size
• See hover and focus states for all interactive elements on the page

Screenshot

Desktop

Mobile

Links

• Solution URL: GitHub Pages

My process

Built with

• TypeScript
• React - JS library
• Vite - Frontend build tool
• Tailwind CSS - For styles
• Mobile-first workflow
• Semantic HTML5 markup
• CSS custom properties
• Flexbox
• CSS Grid

What I learned

• Custom Form Control Styling: Implemented complex CSS techniques to style range sliders with progress tracking and custom checkboxes with SVG icons while maintaining accessibility.

• Advanced CSS Selectors: Used pseudo-elements like ::before, ::after, ::-webkit-slider-thumb, and ::-moz-range-track to create custom form controls across different browsers.

• React Accessibility Patterns: Implemented keyboard navigation (tab focus, space activation) for custom form controls and used ARIA attributes (aria-hidden, role="presentation") for screen reader compatibility.

• TypeScript with React: Created strongly-typed components with interfaces and type definitions for props, improving code reliability and developer experience.

• CSS Variables and Linear Gradients: Used dynamic CSS variables (--progress-percentage) with linear gradients to create visual feedback in the range slider.

• Form Data Processing: Extracted and processed FormData from a form submission to generate passwords based on user-selected criteria.

Continued development

• Password Security Algorithms: Continue learning about password strength assessment algorithms to provide more accurate feedback to users.

• CSS Architecture: Further explore best practices for organizing CSS with Tailwind, particularly for custom component styling.

• Advanced TypeScript Patterns: Implement more sophisticated type definitions for complex state management in React applications.

Useful resources

• CSS-Tricks: Styling Cross-Browser Compatible Range Inputs - Helpful for understanding the complexities of styling range inputs across different browsers.

• MDN Web Docs: Accessibility - Guide on implementing accessible web components, particularly helpful for custom form controls.

• TypeScript React Cheatsheet - Quick reference for TypeScript patterns in React components.

Author

• Website - Kyle Mulqueen
• Frontend Mentor - @kmulqueen