Simple Weather App 🌦️

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Simple Weather App 🌦️

What I Built

The Simple Weather App is a lightweight web application that allows users to check the current weather conditions and a 5-day forecast for any city worldwide. It uses the OpenWeatherMap API to fetch real-time weather data and displays it in an intuitive and responsive user interface.

Features:

Search Functionality: Users can search for weather by entering a city name.
Current Weather Conditions: Displays temperature, humidity, and a brief weather description.
5-Day Forecast: Shows the upcoming weather trends.
Responsive Design: Optimized for mobile and desktop devices using Bootstrap.

Demo

Check out the live demo of the app here: Simple Weather App

Screenshots:

Homepage & Search Results

Repo

Explore the full source code here: GitHub Repository

Copilot Experience

GitHub Copilot played a critical role in this project. Here’s how it helped:

Code Autocompletion: Copilot generated boilerplate code for API requests and DOM manipulation, allowing me to focus on customizing the app’s logic and structure.
Prompts and Suggestions: By writing natural language comments, I used Copilot to scaffold key functions like getWeather(city) and displayWeather(data).
Debugging Assistance: Copilot helped optimize error handling for API responses with suggestions to handle invalid city names and network issues.
UI Integration: Suggested inline styles and Bootstrap class combinations that improved the app’s design and layout.

GitHub Models

Although GitHub Copilot was the primary tool used, I also leveraged GitHub’s built-in version control and issue tracking to document progress and manage features efficiently.

Conclusion

Building the Simple Weather App with GitHub Copilot was a fantastic experience! Copilot significantly reduced development time, increased productivity, and provided helpful suggestions at every stage.

This project demonstrates the potential of AI-driven coding tools to streamline development workflows, and I look forward to exploring more advanced projects with Copilot in the future.