14 Project: Develop a word game in React

This chapter covers

  • Solving a complex challenge by breaking it down
  • Choosing your own stack

This chapter is the end of the line, the big finale, the grand exam. It has been quite a journey, and we’ve covered a lot of ground. In this last challenge, you’ll be mostly on your own. I will help with some of the meta decisions on tackling the project, but I won’t discuss any code. But I have a lot of faith in you. You can do it! Go, team!

14.1 Building a game

You’ll be building a certain five-letter word-guessing game. You’ve probably heard of it. This game could end up looking like figure 14.1.

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