What the Masterclass is About:

The goal of this masterclass is to teach participants how to build a real-time weather dashboard that integrates with a public weather API. By focusing on asynchronous JavaScript, participants will learn how to handle API requests, manage data dynamically, and present weather information in an interactive user interface. This class will walk through the entire process, from setting up a project to handling edge cases and errors, with a focus on creating a responsive and polished final product.

Who Should Attend This Masterclass:

• Intermediate web developers looking to integrate APIs into their projects.
• Developers interested in real-time data and asynchronous programming techniques.
• Anyone aiming to build dynamic, data-driven web applications using JavaScript and APIs.

Key Features:

Real-World Project:

• Participants will build a fully functional weather dashboard that fetches real-time weather data from a public API like OpenWeatherMap.
• The dashboard will allow users to search for city-specific weather conditions and display temperature, humidity, and weather status dynamically.

API Integration & Asynchronous JavaScript:

• Learn to work with asynchronous JavaScript techniques such as promises and async/await to fetch real-time data from APIs.
• Understand how to structure API calls, manage query parameters, and handle various API responses, including errors.

Error Handling & Edge Cases:

• Learn how to handle invalid city names, network issues, and other edge cases to ensure the application is robust and user-friendly.
• Implement user-friendly error messages and ensure smooth handling of issues such as slow API responses.

Styling & Responsive Design:

• Participants will apply CSS to create a polished, responsive layout for the weather dashboard.
• Focus will be placed on styling input fields, weather cards, and error messages to ensure a smooth user experience on different devices.
• Learn to implement a clean and professional design that enhances the user interface, focusing on user experience (UX) principles.

Extended Features:

• Explore additional features like allowing users to search and display weather for multiple cities.
• Discuss options to extend the functionality of the dashboard with advanced features such as a forecast display and saving previous searches using local storage.

Outcome:

By the end of this masterclass, participants will:

• Have created a fully functional weather dashboard using real-time data from an API.
• Understand how to manage asynchronous operations in JavaScript using promises and async/await.
• Be able to handle edge cases and error scenarios in a user-friendly manner.
• Build a responsive and visually appealing user interface that works across various screen sizes.