From 6d0d0e5053f0408ad97b52f185f96a64cc45f872 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: StevanFreeborn <sfreeborn7@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2022 14:59:59 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] conditionally render home page after characters are
 gotten

---
 client/src/pages/home.js | 14 ++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/client/src/pages/home.js b/client/src/pages/home.js
index 87a5022..c93deba 100644
--- a/client/src/pages/home.js
+++ b/client/src/pages/home.js
@@ -41,12 +41,18 @@ export default function Home() {
 
     }
 
+    characters = characters;
+
     return (
         <>
-            <Greeting/>
-            <CardHolder>
-                {getCharacterCards()}
-            </CardHolder>
+            {characters.length > 0 ?
+                <>
+                    <Greeting />
+                    <CardHolder>
+                        {getCharacterCards()}
+                    </CardHolder>
+                </>
+            : null}
         </>
     );
 }
\ No newline at end of file

From 415aa4b215b0553487892a2884e238ddbea0bbc1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: StevanFreeborn <sfreeborn7@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2022 15:00:22 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] removed unnecessary statement

---
 client/src/pages/home.js | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/client/src/pages/home.js b/client/src/pages/home.js
index c93deba..5df733a 100644
--- a/client/src/pages/home.js
+++ b/client/src/pages/home.js
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ export default function Home() {
 
     }
 
-    characters = characters;
-
     return (
         <>
             {characters.length > 0 ?