- Following directions and reading comprehension
- Structuring content in HTML
- Applying styles with CSS
- Using variables
- Creating functions
- Manipulating the DOM
- Handling events
- Using Git
- Designing an intentional user experience
"Do I need to bring a jacket?" "Will it snow today?" "How hot will it be?" When we have questions like these, we often pull open a weather app!
Great weather apps do these two things:
- Pull weather data from a data source
- Display the weather in readable, compelling way
Fig. DuckDuckGo's weather modal, which features city name, temperature reading, and the weather. Some icons show sunny weather, some icons show rainy weather, and some show cloudy weather.
Our goal is to create a fun, small weather app that focuses on displaying the weather.
Instead of getting weather data from a data source, we will set the weather using user interaction.
Fig. Example weather app: The temperature reads 71, in orange text. The selected dropdown for "Sky" is "Cloudy." There is a depiction of cloudy weather. The city name is "My Hometown." The header reads "My Hometown."
Fig. Example weather app: The temperature reads 98, in red text. The selected dropdown for "Sky" is "Sunny." There is a depiction of sunny weather. The city name is "it's hot outside." The header reads "it's hot outside."
Fig. Example weather app: The temperature reads 32, in teal text. The selected dropdown for "Sky" is "Snowy." There is a depiction of snowy weather. The city name is "Happyville." The header reads "Happyville."
Fig. Example weather app: The temperature reads 64, in yellow text. The selected dropdown for "Sky" is "Rainy." There is a depiction of rainy weather. The city name is "Seattle." The header reads "Seattle."
Follow the requirements below and build a small weather app.
At submission time, no matter where you are, submit the project via Learn.
You are required to use vanilla JavaScript for all parts of this project, including the optional enhancements.
Do not load or use any extra JavaScript libraries.
- Create at least five git commits throughout this project
- Use the following files and folders:
index.htmlscripts/index.jsstyles/index.cssassetsfolder, potentially for holding images
- Create and add more folders and files as needed
For this project, there are no requirements around color schemes, font choices, or layouts.
However, at a minimum, your project must contain these elements:
Wave 2:
- An element that displays the temperature
- A clickable element to increase temperature
- A clickable element to decrease temperature
- An element that displays a landscape
Wave 3:
- A
<select>dropdown element to set the sky type - An element that displays a sky
Wave 4:
- An element that displays the city name
- An element that contains a
<input type="text">element, used to rename the city
Wave 5:
- A clickable element to reset the city name
Before writing code, create a set of diagrams, sketches, or low-fidelity wireframes to visualize your project's layout.
These wireframes should include all the required HTML elements.
If possible, share and talk through ideas with someone else!
Use these wireframes to guide the rest of your project.
- This project will require you to select a lot of elements. Creating logical, well-organized HTML structures in the beginning will help you later on.
- Create as many
ids as you need. Sometimes, it's more effective to select by ID, compared to selecting by class, element, or relationship.
A numeric temperature must be displayed. This temperature can be in either Fahrenheit or Celsius degrees.
There must be two clickable elements:
- An element that increases the temperature by one degree on click
- An element that decreases the temperature by one degree on click
Depending on what temperature it is, either:
- the temperature number changes color
- the background of the temperature changes color
There must be at least five categories of distinguishable colors.
Our solution uses the following ranges, which you may use if desired:
| Temperature (F) | Color |
|---|---|
| 80+ | Red |
| 70-79 | Orange |
| 60-69 | Yellow |
| 50-59 | Green |
| 49 or below | Teal |
Depending on what temperature it is, a different landscape should appear on the page.
These landscapes can be anything, as long as they are visual and noticeable to any instructors. For example, the landscapes can be:
- A single image that appears
- ASCII art
- Text
Changing landscapes should replace the existing landscape. There should only be one visible landscape at a time.
There must be at least five landscapes.
Our solution uses the following ranges, which you may use if desired:
| Temperature (F) | Landscape |
|---|---|
| 80+ | "🌵__🐍_🦂_🌵🌵__🐍_🏜_🦂" |
| 70-79 | "🌸🌿🌼__🌷🌻🌿_☘️🌱_🌻🌷" |
| 60-69 | "🌾🌾_🍃_🪨__🛤_🌾🌾🌾_🍃" |
| 59 or below | "🌲🌲⛄️🌲⛄️🍂🌲🍁🌲🌲⛄️🍂🌲" |
There must be a <select> element that lets users to determine what sky to display.
When a user selects an option from the dropdown element, the appropriate sky should appear on the page.
Like the landscapes, the skies can be anything, as long as they are visual and noticeable to any instructors. They can be images, ASCII art, text, or anything else.
Like the landscapes, changing the sky should replace the existing sky. There should only be one visible sky at a time.
There must be at least four skies.
Our solution uses the following sky options, which you may use if desired:
| Option | Sky |
|---|---|
| Sunny | "☁️ ☁️ ☁️ ☀️ ☁️ ☁️" |
| Cloudy | "☁️☁️ ☁️ ☁️☁️ ☁️ 🌤 ☁️ ☁️☁️" |
| Rainy | "🌧🌈⛈🌧🌧💧⛈🌧🌦🌧💧🌧🌧" |
| Snowy | "🌨❄️🌨🌨❄️❄️🌨❄️🌨❄️❄️🌨🌨" |
- The event for changing a
<select>element is not called"click"! You'll need to find the correct name for this event.- "html select change event" is a reasonable Internet search to start.
- This feature requires you to research how do you get the value of the
<select>element.
As mentioned before, there are two required elements:
- An element that displays a city name
- A text input element that allows the user to change the city name
The city name must update every time there's a change to the text input element.
For example, if the text input element has the characters Seatt in it, then the displayed city name should be "Seatt."
- This feature requires you to grab the value of the text input element.
Include a button that resets the city name.
When a user clicks on this button, the city name will be set to a default name.
For best results, this reset button should also affect the city name text input element.
For the best user experience, the text input element's value should be set to the default city name, or become blank.
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