c0dezer019/stormcaster-backend repository overview

⁠Stormcaster

⁠The problem

A lot of the best weather apps are bought up or merge with bigger companies. Often times this means that the features that users love go bye-bye, or become inaccessible due to increase in price of paid services beyond what a user is comfortable paying. And sometimes they become entirely inaccessible on certain platforms because of transitioning to new platforms (cough, Dark Sky, cough).

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⁠The solution

Introducing Stormcaster, a hyperlocal weather app that displays all the data you'll ever need and want on weather, in a clean and understandable format. And for a personal touch, each forecast comes with a message, usually sarcastic in nature, either from the database or through a couple API's, customizable in user settings.

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⁠Wireframes

⁠Landing page

⁠Weather views

⁠News

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⁠ERD

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⁠Known issues

• Not very responsive.

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⁠Roadmap

1. Landing page completion.

• The current weather view will be the default landing page.
• Site will remember returning visitors and display current weather of last searched location, if logged out.

1. Login/out features

• Change site behavior/looks.
• Login will be modal.
  • Provide alternative means to sign-in.

1. Seven-day forecast for current location.
2. Transition effects.
3. Favorite Locations

• Save several locations and view current weather for each in a summarized fashion.
• Can expand for more details.

1. Climate/Environmental news from NYT.
2. Implement NASA API
3. Expand to the stars, get astronomical news from NYT and NASA.