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https://github.com/pstevovski/watchsomething

Project that uses an API to list movies and tv shows that are latest, popular, top rated & on air.
https://github.com/pstevovski/watchsomething

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Project that uses an API to list movies and tv shows that are latest, popular, top rated & on air.

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# WatchSomething - Find a movie or tv show to watch !



### About

Ever found yourself in a situation where you want to watch some movie or tv show, but simply can't find one to watch? Worry no more. WatchSomething uses https://www.themoviedb.org API to help you out. With this website you can:

* Search for movies and tv shows (by title, actor, year or genre).

* List the top rated movies and tv shows of all times.

* List the latest movies and tv shows that are on air currently.

* List movies and tv shows that are popular in the last year.

* Save the movies and tv shows to your watchlist so you don't forget about them, or save them in your favorites.

* Get recommendations that are similar to a movie or a tv show on the detailed informations page.

* Get recommendations for movies or tv shows if there are none in your watchlist or favorites list.



Check it out here: https://pstevovski.github.io/WatchSomething/



##### I do not hold any ownership of the images used in this project. For now, this project is for non-commercial use.



##### Glasses icon in the logo made by: https://www.flaticon.com/authors/pixel-perfect from https://www.flaticon.com/



###### To-Do in a future update:

* Add an option which will help the user to choose whether he wants to watch some movie, or a tv show, with specific genre or actor, which will narrow the choices the user needs to make.



#### Update #6 - minor - (2018-09-17)

* Added an option to get a random movie or tv show straight away.

* Redesigned recommendations for movies and tv shows on watchlist / favorites list.

* Changed color scheme (again...).

* Minor fixes.



#### Update #5 (2018-08-23)

###### DONE:

* Re-designed homepage.

* Re-designed navigation bar.

* Minor changes to cards design.

* Fixed random number issues for trailers for movies and tv shows details page.

* Cut out about & upcoming movies pages.



#### Update #4 (2018-08-09) - TOTAL OVERHAUL

###### DONE:

* New design for the whole website.

* New design for the movie cards.

* High resolution images for the cards.

* New color scheme.

* Added option for smooth scrolling to top, on every page.

* More showcasing options on homepage (top rated movies, popular movies, top rated tv shows, popular tv shows).

* Fixed links on homepage to match the actual needs of the user.

* Re-made the about page.

* Re-designed buttons.

* Re-designed the navigation menu on all pages.

* Added Material Design icons.

* Added submenu for easier and faster navigation.

* Added option to show which movies / tv shows are already in your favorites on page load. (The ones that are in the list are marked, others are not).

* Cut down unnecessary links from the menu due to merging of pages.

* Updated modal boxes on search pages with info on how to search.

* Implemented recommendations for movies / tv shows if there are none in the users watchlist or favorites list.

* Added support for "Escape" button to close modal boxes and recommended boxes.

* Huge cut in the number of separate pages.

* Merged the pages for searching for a movie by title, genre, year or actor into one single page.

* Merged the pages for searching for a tv show by title, genre or year into one single page.

* Huge cut in the number of seprate script files.

* Merged watchlists for movies and tv shows.

* Merged favorites lists for movies and tv shows.

* Added option to tweet (soon to add facebook share option) for a movie/tv show that you're going to watch.

* Added support for higher resolutions screens (1080p, 1440p & 4k).

* Minor changes in the data showed at the detailed info page.

* Changed the trailer showcase on the detailed info page so now it loads different trailer for the movie/tv show on page load, and is separately shown below the plot.

* Fixed bugs.

* Fixed design (responsiveness) issues for smaller screens.

* Fixed positioning of notifications.

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#### Update #3 (2018-06-20)

###### DONE:

* New color scheme (black/red).

* Edited navigation bar with better animation, so now it doesnt looks buggy.

* Edited Detailed info page.

* Redesigned cards & pages to match new color scheme.

* Fixed the page buttons, in an effor to fix a scrolling bug.

* Minor changes to script files.

* Updated the about page.

* Fixed some animations, to smooth them out.

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#### Update #2 (2018-06-14)

###### DONE:

* Added option to sort the output by set min/max average rating (for movies by year and genre only).

* Added option to sort "UPCOMING" movies by month.

* Re-designed the cards for recommended movies/tv shows on detailed info page.

* Added a button to "Add to watchlist" at detailed info page for movies/tv shows.

* Re-designed the slide menu for small screens.

* Corrected the links.

* Added a notification when you add to watchlist/favorites list.

* Added option to remove ALL movies/tv shows from watchlist / favorites list, at ONCE.

* Corrected titles of pages.

* Created the about page, giving credits to TMDB and Flaticon(Freepik).

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#### Update #1 (2018-05-29)

Lists are here !! Personal watchlist and favorites list(for movies and tv shows).

###### DONE:

* Re-designed the home page.

* Created list for movies/tv shows to watch, and favorites list for movies/tv shows.

* Added an option to add to watchlist or favorites list for every search option( top rated, upcoming,latest, popular, by year, by actor, by genre, by title for movies/tv shows).

* Corrected the links to match properly with each other.

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#### First release (2018-05-22)

A lot of changes and improvements have been made, from functionality to design. Here's a list of what's been changed/imporved so far.

###### DONE:

* Added option to search by genres in movies by year.

* Added option to serach by genres in tv shows by year.

* Added page change option for "recommended" to shows/movies-page.

* Added animation to Genre select to all pages where genre option is available.

* Added modal box, question mark, info in modal box.

* Added reset button for the genres, that resets the selected genre while the inputed actor/year remains the same, and re-loads from page 1.

* Added option to reset the selected genres on name(by actor)/year(by year) change in the input.

* Added cast info for movies/tv shows & fixed bug where not all genres were shown properly.

* Added upcoming movies, with today(each day) date as minimum release date, and a static set max date(2019-01-01). (* Working on making the end date dynamic.)

* Added animations to movie / tv show cards @ the search pages.

* Re-designed home page, movie / tv show info page, and all pages for searching options.

* Added modal box to Learn More @  Home page, containing some basic info how to use the website.

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###### Known bugs: 0 (currently at the time of update #4).