Wonderful Weather

cs361-project - Fall 2023 - Oregon State University

By Neil Nautiyal

About!

• This is a wonderful app that allows you to do all sorts of weather-related functions!
• View the Documentation section to learn about the current capabilities
• View the Upcoming Features section to learn about the upcoming features
• View the Inclusivity Heuristics and Quality Attributes section to learn how they are satisfied by this project!

Documentation!

Check the weather widget

• Enter the city you'd like to know the weather for, and the widget will return the results
• If you enter an invalid city, you'll be prompted to re-enter a new value
• Enter a blank value to return

Compare the weather widget

• Enter the cities you'd like to compare the weather for, and the widget will return the comparison
• If you enter an invalid city you'll be prompted to re-enter a new value
• Enter a blank value to return

Snow day calculator widget

• Enter the city you would like to determine the chance of a snow day for
• The widget returns the chance of a snow day for the entered city

Upcoming Features!

Account Creation

• Allow user to create account
• Allow user to login to their account
• User can save a location to display weather for upon login

Share the weather widget

• Allow user to share the weather with others
• Weather can be shared with anybody

Rainy day calculator

• Calculate the chance of rain for an entered location for the next day
• Useful for planning you picnic!

Inclusivity Heuristics and Quality Attributes Satisfied

heuristic 1 (Explain the benefits of using new and existing features)

heuristic 2 (Explain the costs of using new and existing features)

heuristic 3 (Let people gather as much information as they want, and no more than they want)

heuristic 4 (Keep familiar features available)

heuristic 5 (Make undo/redo and backtracking available)

heuristic 6 (Provide an explicit path through the task)

heuristic 7 (Provide ways to try out different approaches)

heuristic 8 (Encourage tinkerers to tinker mindfully)

Quality Attribute 1 - Simplicity

• Definition: Easy to use and understand
• This project reflects QA1 because...

Quality Attribute 2 - Efficiency

• Definition: The extent to which time is well-used for the intended task
• This project reflects QA2 because...

Quality Attribute 3 - Responsiveness

• The abiltity for a system to complete assigned tasks within a given time
• This project reflects QA3 because...