APIs & More JavaScript
Agenda
- Weekly inspiration discussions.
- Draw dates for news nerd profile
- Introducing JSON and AJAX (basic weather API example)
- In-class exercises with the Flickr & Open Congress APIs (tutorial code on GitHub)
- Install Chrome JSONView
- Work on assignment
Assignment
- Begin work with jQuery and responsive CSS on your midterm project. Sketch out new behaviors and data you could include. Be prepared to demo a work in progress on Thursday. A finished version of your midterm page is due on Thursday, April 10.
API Documentation
- OpenCongress API and more Sunlight Foundation offers many other open APIs.
- Flickr API
- Open Weather Map
- NYT APIs
- World Bank
- Twitter API
- Codecademy API Courses