This is a wordcloud generator powered by React, Reddit API & React Wordcloud. Users can submit a subreddit or Reddit user and generate a wordcloud based on the words they use.

• VS Code
• HTML5
• CSS3
• ES6 JavaScript
• React
• Git/Github

What drove me to build this application was my curiosity on the general trend of a subreddit. What better way to display this information than using a wordcloud? There are many wordcloud generators out there but for the most part you have to manually add the text yourself, soo I've decided to make one specifically for Reddit.

React Wordcloud by Chris Zhou is the right tool for the job. It was pretty simple to setup & style. Once I got it set up, it was time to bring in Reddit data. When I made a subreddit request through the Reddit API I had to go through several steps to upload the information to the generator (Combining posts into an array, clean up titles, removing punctuation & sorting). Once I got the generator up and running, I decided to take it a step further & create a generator for Reddit user comments.

I feel I've fulfilled my dream upon completing this application. I find that subreddits with a consistently sized wordcloud tend to be more original. And on top of commonly used words, you can get a sense of the subreddit's tone based on words used (fun, informative, depressing).