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My First Deployed Project: Text Message Scheduler

I've been browsing and lurking on this site for a while and have been really inspired by many of the projects and startups that people have built. Although it's quite simple, I wanted to share my first solo project http://www.ticktock.fun and would love any feedback.

The app is a simple Text message scheduler (set a time & date and you'll receive a text message reminding you of something).

I'm a recent entrant into the world of coding so this is my first solo coded project and would love to to hear any feedback!

Here is the stack I used to build it: ReactJS/ExpressJS/NodeJS/MongoDB/AWS

Although the project itself only took a couple days, I actually spent 90% of the time dealing with HTML & CSS (CSS in particular) trying to make everything line up and then ultimately render (decently) on mobile; I would really appreciate any tips, tricks, tools, etc to get the CSS looking nice and mobile friendly if you happen to have them (e.g., libraries, frameworks or anything else). Thanks!

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    Cool. I actually created a video series that makes this exact type of app, but with python/flask. It's a fun project. Nice job.

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    First off, I love this idea. But your front-end needs a bit more work. The fields don't render properly in Firefox: https://www.dropbox.com/s/9foobpnx6ihiv9b/Screenshot 2018-05-29 01.31.18.png?dl=0

    Aside from that, a little bit more TLC on the styles would make it a much more inviting experience :)

    Great job deploying though!

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      Thanks Shaun! I hadn't even checked firefox - I did a quick fix, so it should at least render :).

      Any suggestions or tools to make working with CSS easier would be greatly appreciated - it is definitely my weakest area!

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        Why not just use something like Bootstrap or Foundation? :)

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          Thanks! I used bootstrap-react but hadn't heard of Foundation - will take a look!