I recently got excited about AngularJS. I took a pretty good course through CodeSchool for which you can find a link off of the AngularJS home page. Since then I had been playing with and scouting out AngularJS ideas that I can build something with worth while. There is no better way to learn than by doing. Then I thought; what about the weather? I had already built a real basic weather page using ASP.NET and C#, I wonder how hard it would be to build an AngularJS example. I did not know how to connect AngularJS to a web service though. Google has everything! So I looked for an example of AngularJS and OpenWeatherMap for which I had found. It did not take long to find my solution.
My Original Weather Page: http://www.ldndeveloper.com/weather.aspx
My Angular Weather: http://www.ldndeveloper.com/angular/weather.aspx
The example that I start with was: https://gist.github.com/robhurring/6074128
Rob Hurring’s example was good, but not complete. It was missing how all of the pieces fit together. It was also missing a few bits of pieces that makes it better for a user. It was a great starting point.
I took his example and made it a little more robust. I added code that if I could not auto-detect your location, I would default it to my city (London, ON). I had also added the ability to change city ( although simple list ).
This example feels like it may be complete now. Or is it?
Stay tuned to see what else can be done with this example – I have my thinking cap on.
Andrew Pallant (@LdnDeveloper) has been a web, database and desktop developer for over 16 years. Andrew has worked on projects that ranged from factory automation to writing business applications. Most recently he has been heavily involved in various forms for ecommerce projects. Over the years Andrew has worn many hats: Project Manager, IT Manager, Lead Developer, Supervisor of Developers and many more - See more at: http://www.unlatched.com/#sthash.8DiTkpKy.dpuf
