WeatherWise: Learn How to Make Basic Weather Site

To create a basic weather website, you will need to do the following steps:

1. Choose a programming language: You can use a variety of programming languages to create a weather website, such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and PHP. For this tutorial, we will be using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
2. Set up your development environment: This will involve installing a text editor (such as Sublime Text or Atom) and a web browser (such as Google Chrome). My preference is Sublime Text
3. Create the HTML structure: Use HTML tags to create the structure of your website, including the header, main content, and footer.
4. Add style with CSS: Use CSS to style the appearance of your website, including the layout, colors, and fonts.
5. Add interactivity with JavaScript: Use JavaScript to make your website dynamic and interactive, such as adding a form for users to enter a city and retrieve the weather information.
6. Get weather data: You can use a weather API (Application Programming Interface) to retrieve real-time weather data for a specific location. There are many free and paid weather APIs available, such as OpenWeatherMap and Dark Sky. I used OpenWeatherMap API on this site
7. Display the weather data: Use the data retrieved from the weather API to display the current temperature and weather conditions on your website.
8. Test and debug: Test your website on different devices and browsers to ensure that it is functioning correctly, and debug any issues that you encounter.
9. Deploy your website: Once you have finished developing your weather website, you can deploy it to a web hosting service so that it is accessible to the public. You can distribute your website for free with Github Pages

Getting Data from OpenWeatherMap with JS

1. Sign up for an OpenWeatherMap account: Go to the OpenWeatherMap website and sign up for an account. You will need to provide your email address and choose a plan.
2. Get an API key: After you have signed up for an account, you will need to generate an API key. This key will be used to authenticate your requests to the OpenWeatherMap API.
3. Make a request to the API: To retrieve weather data from OpenWeatherMap, you will need to make an HTTP request to the API using JavaScript. You can use the fetch() function or the XMLHttpRequest object to make the request.
4. Specify the endpoint and parameters: In your request, you will need to specify the endpoint (e.g. /weather) and the parameters (e.g. city name, latitude and longitude, etc.) that you want to include. You will also need to include your API key as a parameter.
5. Handle the response: When you receive a response from the API, you can use JavaScript to parse the data and display it on your website.

Here is an example of how you can make a request to the OpenWeatherMap API using the fetch() function:

const apiKey = 'YOUR_API_KEY';
const city = 'Istanbul';

const endpoint = `https://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather?q=${city}&appid=${apiKey}`;

fetch(endpoint)
  .then(response => response.json())
  .then(data => {
    console.log(data);
  });

This code will make a request to the OpenWeatherMap API to retrieve the current weather data for the city of Istanbul. The data will be returned in JSON format, which you can then parse and use in your website

You can access the project on my github profile. Soon I will develop the project, stay tuned