Minimalist local weather app powered by Visual Crossing
- Progressive Web App
- ServiceWorker used for caching assets
- localStorage used to cache API requests in 10 minute intervals
- App is available when offline or with intermittent connections
- Automatically checks for new data when back online (or connection stabilizes)
- Responsive design that scales for all device types
- App and all assets served over HTTPS
- Can add app to homescreen on mobile devices that support PWAs
- Latest Google Lighthouse scores (updates every 6 hours): https://mikesprague.github.io/localweather/lighthouse-report.html
- Geolocation from browser used for location (latitude/longitude)
- Uses the ask permission responsibly philosophy
- Lets users know their location info will be used
- Asks user to initiate process to approve access to location
- PLANNED: Fall back to IP address geolocation service
- Uses the ask permission responsibly philosophy
- Google Maps Reverse Geocoding API used to translate lat/lon to friendly name
- Weather data retrieved from Visual Crossing API
- All external API calls consolidated via one serverless function
- Background color, favicon, and title are dynamic
- Background color based on conditions and time of day
- Clear (Day/Night)
- Cloudy (Day/Night) - if current cloud cover over 60%
- Rainy (Day/Night)
- Snowy (Day/Night)
- Favicon updates to same as curren conditions on webpage
- Browser/Tab titlebar text updates to current temp and conditions
- Background color based on conditions and time of day
- Tooptips provide additional data and information about data types
- Available via most parts of the interface
- Hover to display on laptops/desktops
- Tap/touch to display on mobile devices and tablets
- Available via most parts of the interface
- App automatically checks for updates (if left open)
- Runs a task every minute, if past the 10 minute cache timeout then data is refreshed
MIT License
Copyright (c) 2022 Michael Sprague
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
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