As with everybody else, I wanted to make sure I was being as proficient as possible with my study of React. I looked up Pomodoro timer but wanted to go deeper. I found a few different timer schedules that others had recommended and gave three of them a try. I tried the classic 25/5 min method, 90/120 min method and the 52/17 min method.
Some of the research I conducted led me to Lifehacker and freelancing hacks.
I found for myself that 25 min was not long enough. I was just getting warmed up as the timer ticked to zero & the 90 min was too long. The perfect timer for me was the 52/17 min timer. So I had my timer now to make a cool app out of it to make my life easier and a bit of fun.
I had tried this before but I had used setInterval and after testing and more research found out this was the wrong way to go about it as the count was off. With this version, I used Date with setInterval. It is actually on time now. So that’s a plus.
I came undone when I tried to get the gif in the background to sit nice. A quick web search found some awesome documentation. I use the same site for other CSS hints but the CSS Tricks site is awesome. A very handy resource. css-tricks.com
I have a version that works and I am going to use for a while to test it out and make notes on how to improve it. I have a few ideas but want to use it for a week first just to make sure.