I kicked off development for my new project last week and made a ton of headwind with planning and connecting first API (woohoo!). Check out the repository here. The goal is to create a service where users can search and play music from a variety of sources (YouTube, SoundCloud, Spotify). This past week, I got YouTube to display in a responsive grid, which looks great. I ran into my first roadblock though today, when I discovered that you need to register your application with SoundCloud to get an API key. Based off of some chatter on this forum, it looks like it’s going to be a major pain to get my app approved.
So, with that I have to decide what happens next. I am thinking about just putting the code in place for SoundCloud – just to have it in the case that I do get an API key. And, since this project is really just for my portfolio, I just need a decent JavaScript example. I just won’t be able to test ANY of the code I write without the API key. I’ll think about it a little bit longer, or just move on to Spotify. Crossing my fingers their registration process is more like Google’s.
Either way, this project has been so much fun. I love exploring new music, so this writing this application was right up my alley. It also showed me how important it is to believe in whatever you’re building, which will be important when I start looking for my first full time dev role later this year. I might time box this application to one or two more weeks, so more updates to come.
Work has still been great. We pivoted quite a bit on our UltiPro <-> Active Directory project, but I can’t share anymore than that because NDA lol. Anyway, let the coding continue. I’ll post again soon.