wakeskate-server

Server/REST API for the Wakeskate web app.

Introduction

This is a small REST API and server used to process requests for geocoding and weather data.

Links

• Github - https://github.com/LanceStasinski/wakeskate-server
• Client Source Code - https://github.com/LanceStasinski/Website-client
• Deployed - https://wakeskate.herokuapp.com/

Highlights

• Express used as the server framework
• Serves the client application
• Uses a custom algorithm to rate weather conditions based on temperature, wind speeds, and weather conditions
• Weather data from the Open Weather Map API
• Written with TypeScript

Scripts

• yarn start-dev - start development server
• yarn start - start local production server
• build - compiles TypeScript to JavaScript

Further Reading

• Open Weather Map API
• Google Maps API