Building a Full-Stack Pokédex Search Engine with React and Spring Boot

Source: Dev.to

Introduction

I recently developed a full-stack Pokédex search engine to practice API integration and full-stack development. The project allows users to search Pokémon by name and view their stats, abilities, and images in a clean and responsive UI.

Frontend

• React – provides a dynamic, component‑based user interface.

Backend

• Spring Boot (Java) – serves as the API layer that fetches data from the external Pokémon API and delivers it to the frontend.

API

• PokéAPI – supplies real‑time Pokémon data used throughout the application.

Features

• Search Pokémon by name
• View stats, types, abilities, and images
• Responsive UI for a smooth user experience

Note: The backend may take a few seconds to load initially due to API fetching, but subsequent searches are fast.

Challenges Addressed

• Handling and structuring API data effectively
• Managing backend response time
• Integrating frontend and backend into a seamless full‑stack application
• Deploying a functional web application

Deployment & Live Demo

• Live demo: https://pokedex-2-0ame.onrender.com/
• GitHub repository: https://github.com/msrajput08/pokedex-search-engine

If you find this project useful, feel free to ⭐ the GitHub repository. Feedback on UI/UX, code structure, and performance improvements is welcome.