Challenge: Progress Button

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Front-End Challenges Club - Challenge #004


We’re starting the new year with a beauty of a challenge. It might look straightforward from the outset, but as usual with a Front-End Challenges Club challenge, as we dig into the details, there’s a lot to consider.

The brief permalink

Take the design assets and re-create this progress button with whatever front-end technology you want. Consider how state is managed and how the button works when there is no JavaScript available. If you do the legwork upfront, you’ll make the whole process a lot easier with this one.

Make sure that your challenge solution does the following as a minimum:

  • Uses semantic elements
  • Is usable with mouse, touch and keyboard
  • Presents an acceptable focus state (pro-tip: this should be additional to the hover state)
  • Uses aria roles effectively to announce state changes

Bonus points awarded if:

  • You create a solid state management system
  • Your solution is lightweight and performant
  • Your solution is fully accessible
  • You create appropriate transitions and/or animations between states

Assets permalink

I’ve used Figma to design this challenge and you can run it with a completely free account!

Here’s some assets to get you going:

Here are some CSS Custom Properties for your colours:

Code language
css
:root {
  --color-primary: #21223e;
  --color-primary-light: #3c3f73;
  --color-success: #0c8d87;
  --color-error: #c01332;
  --color-light: #ffffff;
}

Wrapping up permalink

When you’ve tried building this one for yourself, head over to the solution to see how I built it!

See you at the next one 👋

Hello, I’m Andy and I’ll help you to level up your front-end development skills.

I'm a designer and front-end developer who has worked in the design and web industries for over 15 years, and in that time, I have worked with some of the largest organisations in the world, like Google, Harley-Davidson, BSkyB, Unilever, The Natural History Museum, Oracle, Capita, Vice Media and the NHS.

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