🎬 Netflix Clone

A sleek and responsive Netflix clone built using React, Tailwind CSS, and state management with Context API. This project replicates the look and feel of the popular streaming platform while showcasing the power of React hooks like useState, useNavigate, and the Context API for managing global state.

🌟 Features

• Responsive Design: Fully responsive UI built using Tailwind CSS, ensuring it looks great on all devices.
• User Authentication: Supports login and sign-up functionality (with future plans for Firebase authentication).
• Dynamic Movie Listings: Movies and shows are displayed dynamically with real-time data (placeholder data in this version).
• Context API for State Management: Centralized global state for managing user data, movie lists, and more.
• React Hooks:
  • useState to handle component-level states.
  • useNavigate for routing between pages.
• Search Bar: Users can search for their favorite movies.
• Add to Watchlist: Easily add or remove movies from your personal watchlist.

🛠️ Technologies Used

• HTML: For structuring the content.
• CSS: For styling (with the assistance of Tailwind CSS for utility-first styles).
• React: JavaScript framework for building UI components.
• Tailwind CSS: A utility-first CSS framework to style the app in a responsive way.
• React Hooks: useState, useNavigate, and custom hooks for managing the app's logic.
• Context API: Used for state management, allowing a global store for managing app-wide state (like user login, movie data, etc.).

🚀 Installation and Setup

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/your-username/netflix-clone.git

2. Navigate to the project folder:

   cd netflix-clone

3. Install the dependencies:

   npm install

4. Start the development server:

   npm start

   The app will run at http://localhost:3000.

📁 Project Structure

├── public
│   ├── index.html
│   └── ...
├── src
│   ├── assets/         # Images and other static assets
│   ├── components/     # Reusable React components
│   ├── context/        # Context API for state management
│   ├── hooks/          # Custom React hooks
│   ├── pages/          # Different pages like Home, Login, Watchlist
│   ├── App.js          # Main App component
│   ├── index.js        # React entry point
│   └── ...
├── tailwind.config.js  # Tailwind CSS configuration
└── package.json

⚙️ Core Concepts

1. React Hooks

• useState: Manages component-level state, such as keeping track of user's movie selections, watchlist, and more.
• useNavigate: Simplifies navigation between different pages in the app (e.g., navigating from login to the home page).

2. State Management (Context API)

The Context API is used to manage global state. It handles shared data like user authentication state, the movie list, and watchlist across the app.

• UserContext: Stores user information and authentication status.
• MoviesContext: Centralized management of movie data across components.

3. Responsive Design with Tailwind CSS

Tailwind CSS is used to ensure the UI is responsive across devices with clean utility classes for styling.

🔮 Future Improvements

• Firebase Integration: To implement real-time user authentication.
• API Integration: Fetch real movie data from an external API like TMDB.
• Watchlist Persistence: Store user watchlists locally or in a database.

💻 Contributing

1. Fork the repository.
2. Create a new branch: git checkout -b feature-branch-name.
3. Make your changes and commit them: git commit -m 'Add some feature'.
4. Push to the branch: git push origin feature-branch-name.
5. Submit a pull request.

📝 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.