udacity-weather-journal-app-project

This is the repository for Project 3: Weather Journal App of the Udacity Front End Web Developer Nanodegree Program.

Goals of this project:

create asynchronous web app that uses Web API and user data to dynamically update the UI for the App
former front end only folder structure customized to add server environment
provide informative weather details and user friendly symbols in UI

Functionalities used:

Node.js with npm and packages Express, CORS and Body-Parser
instead of promises (resolve/reject) using async functions to make use of await, try and catch
Fetch API to use Request and Response objects
GET/POST routes
ES6 functionalities like Arrow Functions where possible and Template Literals

Steps to start

download repository
check Node.js installation in Terminal with node --version and install if not present
install dependencies via npm (included with Node.js) with npm install from package.json
Credits to https://pravnyadv.github.io/unpackage/ for creation of package.json from package-lock.json
start server in project folder with node server.js
open browser with running server on chosen port - default localhost:3000

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