I have recently seen the weather app of the website of the goetheschule Ilmenau, but after opening the devTools, I found many bugs and potential bugs.
- Camera file is being sent in binary format and some browsers don't support binary images without a file extension like .jpg or .png.
- Any data (including the live camera) is not being sent live.
- Data is being sent in .txt files. This much overwriting could destroy any hard drive in only a few years.
- The data is not in a swiper, it's just in a scrollable container which is not in styled the best way.
- Every time a viewer gets any data, the connection will get opened and closed again, which could need a lot of power from the server.
This application is written in node.js. It requires linux to run, if the server is not running on Linux, please contact me via plainprince@trash-mail.com.
To install all dependencies, please run the install.sh script using sh ./install.sh. These dependencies include:
- npm (isntalled via nvm)
- node.js
- npm package requirements (
fswebcam) - npm packages (
express,node-schedule,node-webcam,promptandsocket.io)
To start the app on localhost, run npm start. To start the app on a specific port, use the PORT environment variable like this: PORT=<port> npm start. Then you can select the camera you want to use using the numbers which will be logged. Then the server will automatically start, once it logs server listening on port 80.
To stop the app, just press CTRL and C.
- This app might still be edited. It should be updated on the github page.
- For any bugs, please reach out to me via plainprince@trash-mail.com.