A website developed for the 'Challenge 2 - Presenting Data, frontend-focussed' by Falmouth University. This website presents users with a more friendly interface for viewing weather stats from the http://api.spitcast.com/ API's.
Challenge 2 – Presenting Data, frontend-focussed
Challenge Details: Create a website that hits the API and presents the information to your customers in effective, eye catching, well designed ways. Take the JSON returns from this API and display it in a pleasing website. Use any frameworks you would like to make this work effectively. A list of particular spots can be found in JSON format here (taken from http://api.spitcast.com/api/spot/all) – they are US-based. The particular user stories you need to answer are (in order of importance):
• As a Surfer, I expect to be able to set my level of expertise to Novice, Intermediate or Expert. • As a Novice Surfer, I expect that the quality of a spot to be considered to increase with higher winds up to 15 knots, and then decrease up to 20 knots, after which the quality should be the same as that of a calm day. • As an Intermediate Surfer, I expect the quality of the spot to increase with higher speeds up to 20 knots, and then decrease up to 25ft, after which the quality should be the same as that of a calm day. • As an Expert Surfer, I expect the quality of the spot to always increase with higher winds. • As a Surfer, I need to see the best spot for surfing for today. • As a Surfer, I can select my current location and find the nearest spot by distance in the top 25% of spots (calculate using Great Circle distances). • As a Surfer, I can select my current location and find the best spot within a specified distance. • As a Surfer, my current location can be automatically determined (using the HTML5 geolocation API for example). • As a Surfer, I can select my current location and find the nearest spot by drive time in the top 25% of spots (can use the Google Directions API or the Google Distance Matrix API for this). • As a Surfer, I can select my current location and find the best spot within a specified driving time. Submission Format Please supply: • A fully ready-to-build package hosted on a private BitBucket, GitLab or GitHub repository, shared with ben.sewell@falmouth.ac.uk. • Optionally: A live instance of your completed challenge if web-hosted, a Windows executable if desktop build, or an APK if an Android App build. • The time taken to complete the challenge. Evaluation Critieria The evaluation metrics for this test are: 1. Working functionality. 2. Quality of user experience (supplying a live instance helps towards this). 3. Level of compliance with SOLID principles. 4. You will not be particularly assessed on automated testing.
Created through the use of the weather API http://api.spitcast.com/ | Great API for freely avalible weather information, but is US based so is not too relevent for us (UK Based).
Modified bootstrap templete 'SB Admin 2': https://startbootstrap.com/themes/sb-admin-2/ | Most appropriate layout and supports multiple devices.
Currently In Development* Due to time constraints, certain features were unable to be finished and comments for not a previlent as I would like, but website is functional*. Spots near me currently in a 'work-in-progress' state. Will resume development after result come back. Comments for code. Fix odd structuring (indenting) of code caused during transfer over to github from notepad++