Weather Forecast App

*Application deployed into Heruko cloud and LIVE URL for application demo "https://weather-forecaster-demo.herokuapp.com/"

Summary

The Weather Forecast app is a single page app that utilizes the OpenWeatherMap API from http://openweathermap.org/api to extract weather data and display a 5 day forecast.

Local Deployment, Run and Test Steps

• Do environment step up for Java 1.8 and Maven 3.0.3.
• Open cmd.exe and navigate to application folder. ex, cd ~/weather-forcaster-demo/.
• Execute command "mvn clean install" - this will install all required maven dependency those are added in POM.XML file.
• Execute command "mvn spring-boot:run" this will startup the application into in-build tomcat server.
• Later open the browser and type "http://localhost:8080". Here default port configured in "application.properties" file.
• Application successfully run in browser now.

Cloud - Hosted details

• Heroku
• URl to access application - https://weather-forecaster-demo.herokuapp.com/

Languages

• JavaScript/ES6
• HTML5/CSS3
• Java

Frameworks and Technologies

• J2EE
• SprinBoot
• Bootstrap (v3)
• jQuery

Building Tool

• Maven 3.0.3 (Java 1.8)

Third-party APIs

• OpenWeatherMap API

App features

• Gets the current location weather by user confirmation on location share while page laoding
• Queries and processes OpenWeatherMap API's data into a five day forecast
• Mobile, tablet, and desktop responsive courtesy of Bootstrap features

To do : Enhancement App features with more time

• Allow user to enter city for weather forecasting.
• UI - look and feel enhancement.
• Add Graphical representation on temperature and wind.
• Add Map based on location.
• Share option to social media/ messenger apps.
• Weather Alert setup option for date and time.

Challenges

• OpenWeatherMap API returns list of weather forecast for 5 days in 3 hours window, hence to display date wise 3hrs window have handle in loaders.js file