# 5 full-stack projects to add to your portfolio before 2020 ends 🤯

Procrastination, we've all dealt with it.
But today because of this blog post you will find five full-stack projects you can add to your portfolio before the end of 2020!

Coming up with ideas on how to test your skills can be a pain in the ass. Trust me, I've been there and so has everyone in the tech business.

Let's dive right into it! 

## 1. React movie search app 🎬

![Are you building the next Netflix?](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1598544159166/AlN3lJNa6.png)

Who doesn't love movies? And React! This project is perfect for getting started with React and showing you how to work with API's and Styled components.

What you will learn

- React + Hooks
- Styled components
- API Usage
- States using hooks

All and all, a very great tutorial to get started with React!

You can find the tutorial on freecodecamp, which is an amazing resource for projects: [Movie search app](https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/learn-react-in-1-hour-by-building-a-movie-search-app/)

## 2. Instagram clone in Ionic 📸

![Instagram clone in Ionic](https://images.ctfassets.net/1es3ne0caaid/3x7yO4q3IP6ZCJ1IFDLlnU/bc7a29b062de14f68c1b7a575e3fc1ef/instagram-clone-ionic-interface-img1.gif)

Ionic, is a hybrid mobile platform, which I adore 💙. So let's make a graphical Instagram clone. It's always good to re-create something just to understand the work that goes in certain websites and applications.

What you will learn:

- Ionic structure and setup
- Creating new pages and routing
- Styling an ionic app
- Styling based on an example application

This tutorial can be found on pusher [Instagram Clone](https://pusher.com/tutorials/instagram-clone-ionic-part-1) and does not include the back-end side, BUT with some googling, you'll make that work (Firebase 🔥). 

## 3. Building a blog with Gatsby 🎩

![Build your own blog with Gatsby](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1598543705959/MHlvSgG1J.png)

Gatsby is a fantastic React-based framework, and a lot of people are building blogs based on it.

[Scott Spence](https://twitter.com/spences10) wrote a fantastic full-blown tutorial on how to get started building your own blog on Gatsby.

What you will learn:

- Custom layouts
- Styled components
- Syntax highlighting blocks
- SEO! Very important
- Deploying to Netlify 👀

So, no stopping you now, go ahead show us your blog!

You can find this tutorial on freecodecamp [Building a Gatsby blog](https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/build-a-developer-blog-from-scratch-with-gatsby-and-mdx/)

> If building your own blog is not your vibe, give [hashnode](https://hashnode.com/@dailydevtips/joinme) a try!

## 4. Food ordering app with Strapi and Next.js 🍔

![Deliveroo clone in Next.js](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1598543943609/mwBRN4sxA.gif)

Confession: I ❤️ food!

If you do too, this project is your thing to tackle. We are building a food ordering app using Next.js, a fantastic and powerful upcoming framework. And Strapi, which makes it easy to build API's without all the booh-hah.

What we will learn:

- React hooks
- GraphQL
- Stripe payments!
- Strapi
- Styling

This really is a full-on project, and you will learn so much from doing a project like this. You can find this on the Strapi blog and it's very extensive! [Next.js Strapi food app](https://strapi.io/blog/nextjs-react-hooks-strapi-food-app-1).

## 5. Build a JavaScript powered Candy Crush 💎

![JavaScript Candy Crush clone](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1598544041753/KM4UQMURh.png)

I'm going to be honest, not my favorite mobile game. But [Ania](https://twitter.com/ania_kubow) does a fantastic job at creating this game in JavaScript

What you will learn

- JavaScript Listeners
- JavaScript Creating and removing elements
- Styling the game
- Clean code

You can find this one, and many more on her YouTube channel [Build your own Candy Crush](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XD5sZWxwJUk). 

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