Build A Weather App With Ruby On Rails

Name: Build A Weather App With Ruby On Rails
Rating: 4.4 (31 reviews)

How To Use An API To Get Air Quality Ozone Weather Data With Ruby On Rails

Created byJohn Elder

Last updated 11/2023

English

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What you'll learn

Build Web Apps With Ruby On Rails
Build Your Own Air Quality Monitoring Website
Download and Install Ruby on Rails
Download and Install Git Bash Terminal
Understand Basic Terminal Commands
Push Code To Github
Host Web Apps On Heroku
Understand the Bootstrap CSS Framework
Connect To a 3rd Party API
Understand Basic Ruby Code

Course content

5 sections • 30 lectures • 2h 15m total length

Introduction2:01
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Installation Overview1:51
Identify essentials for installing Ruby on Rails on Windows, including Node, a text editor, a terminal, and the Heroku toolbar, and outline Rails installation and deployment to Heroku.
Install Node5:03
Install node.js by uninstalling any old version, download the latest LTS release, and restart your computer to ensure Ruby on Rails installs smoothly.
Install Sublime Text and Git Bash4:55
Install Sublime Text and Git Bash to set up your development environment on Windows, download these tools, and prepare for SSH keys and version control with GitHub.
Create an SSH Key4:16
Generate an ssh key in a bash terminal, create a hidden .ssh directory, store the key there, and obtain the public key for pushing code to GitHub and Heroku.
Install Heroku Toolbelt4:07
Install Ruby On Rails4:10
Update!0:02
RailsInstaller.org is down, you can find the installer here:
https://web.archive.org/web/20210306035811/http://railsinstaller.org/en
Create Test Project and Error Handling11:28

Create Project and Homepage4:31
Install Bootstrap CSS Framework4:56
Install Bootstrap in a Rails app by adding the Bootstrap gem, jquery-rails, and an application.css.scss and application.js, then run bundle install and restart the server to verify styling.
Create Bootstrap Navbar and Partial4:39
Create Bootstrap Jumbotron3:32
Build a weather app interface by adding a Bootstrap jumbotron, switching a button to secondary, and displaying an ozone readout, preparing for API connection in the next video.

Weather API Overview5:41
Learn to fetch current air quality data via the air now API by zip code, obtain an API key, and display AQI and color-coded categories in a Rails weather app.
Connect To Weather API5:22
Connects a rails app to a weather api by wiring an api key and url into the home controller, using net/http and json with the Jason gem.
Output API Results To Screen4:23
API Error Handling5:00
Implement robust API error handling in a Ruby on Rails weather app, validating responses for empty results and displaying user-friendly errors when the internet, API, or a zip code fails.
Jumbotron Background Colors3:34
Learn to customize a bootstrap jumbotron background using color utilities or custom css, defining green, yellow, orange, red, purple, and maroon, and applying them via the app style sheets.
Color Logic with Ruby6:38
Map the final numeric output to color ranges using a Ruby if-else ladder, handling errors with gray and updating the API color for the weather app.
Change Ozone Description5:06

Requirements

No programming skills or special tools are necessary to take this course
You just need a computer with Internet access and a Web Browser

Description

Ruby on Rails can seem overwhelming at first, but it doesn’t have to be! In this course I’ll walk you through it step by step and you’ll be building your first web app in MINUTES. You’ll be amazed how quick and easy it is to create very professional looking websites, even if you have no programming or web design experience at all.

Watch over my shoulder as I build a cool Ozone Air Quality Monitoring Weather app step by step right in front of you. You’ll follow along and build your own copy. By the time we’re finished, you’ll have a solid understanding of Ruby on Rails and how to use it to build awesome web apps.

This course is aimed at the absolute beginner, you don't need any coding experience at all!

The course contains 28 videos – and is just over 2 hours long. Watch the videos at your own pace, and post questions along the way if you get stuck. You don’t need any special knowledge or software to take this course, though any experience with HTML or CSS is a plus. You don’t even need to know the Ruby programming language. I’ll walk you through EVERYTHING.

Ruby on Rails is a great web development tool and learning it has never been this easy.

What We'll Build...

We'll build a cool Ozone Air Quality Monitoring Weather app that pulls Ozone Air Quality weather data from a third party government API.

You'll learn how to use the free API in your app throughout the course.

We'll style the website using the popular Bootstrap CSS framework (I'll show you how to use it!)

This is a great course for someone starting out. You'll learn all kinds of skills that will help you build just about any kind of website or web app that you like.

-John Elder

Who this course is for:

This course is aimed towards absolute beginners who want to learn Ruby On Rails for Web Development
Anyone wanting to learn to build web apps

Build A Weather App With Ruby On Rails

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Install Ruby On Rails10 lectures • 38min

Ruby On Rails Project Basics4 lectures • 18min

Weather Data API7 lectures • 36min

Zipcode Search Functionality4 lectures • 17min

Version Control and Webhosting5 lectures • 27min

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