Using icon libraries and improving visual appeal

The world around us isn't constructed of words, but instead things. Hence, a pictorial style, as icons, should help computer software to be more comprehensible. Giving a good user experience should make our users reward us with more likes in the app store. 

There are several icon libraries that can be used in a website. The Bootstrap team has a curated list at http://getbootstrap.com/docs/4.1/extend/icons/. For this project, we'll use Feather Icons (https://feathericons.com/) and its conveniently available npm package, https://www.npmjs.com/package/feather-icons.

In package.json, add this to the dependencies:

"feather-icons": ">=4.5.x"

Then run npm install to download the new package. You ...

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