Building a Simple Random Joke App: HTML, CSS, JavaScript Instructions

🤔 What is the Random Joke App?

This Random Joke App is a lightweight, fun project built using pure HTML, CSS, and JavaScript — no frameworks involved. It lets users get random jokes with the click of a button, and react with fun emoji buttons that play laughing or bad joke sounds.

It's a perfect project if you’re a beginner learning how to work with APIs, DOM manipulation, and event handling in JavaScript.

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🧠 What You'll Learn

• How to fetch data from an API

• How to manipulate the DOM dynamically

• Add interactive sound effects with JavaScript

• Create a clean and responsive UI with CSS

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🎥 App Demo

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💡 Features

• 🔁 Random joke generation using an API

• 🎭 3 Buttons for reactions: Laughing, Bad, and New Joke

• 🔊 Plays fun sounds based on reaction

• 😎 Stylish UI with emoji and smooth interactions

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🖼️ Add Screenshots

• App UI screenshot — joke showing with buttons below

HTML code in VS Code

• JavaScript fetching API in console

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🔗 Live Demo & Source Code

👉 Live Demo
👉 GitHub Repository

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📹 Video Walkthrough

🎥 Check out my full app in action here: [Video link]

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🚀 Final Thoughts

This project is not just fun, it’s also a great way to practice working with external APIs and creating engaging UI experiences. You can extend it by:

• Adding a counter for how many jokes viewed

• Storing favorites using localStorage

• Creating categories for joke types

Happy coding and keep laughing! 😄

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