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Recommendation:

The API found at http://www.omdbapi.com/ could be used as an entertainment tool for people who love watching movies and want to read up on key details regarding a specific movie that they may want to watch. A user who wants to see a movie currently showing in theaters would most likely want to learn more about it before they pay for their ticket or pay for a rental, this is where this API comes in handy. The most important information a user would want to know regarding a movie is provided by this API all in one place just by searching the movie title. This API simplifies existing sites like IMDB and Rotten Tomatoes and permits for speedy searches, saving the user time and money while viewing only the most essential information.

Proof-of-Concept:

http://misdemo.temple.edu/tuj40000/pro_point_demo/

The goal of this class project was to display our understanding of API usage with the tools we have learned in class. The result was a web page that pulled a random picture of a cat from a free API that I found online. The project can be found in the class server (http://misdemo.temple.edu/tuk11829/cat_api/). I learned how to find an API and use its content to display an image, this can be applied to infinite situations since APIs are extremely important to MIS. Using click events, $.getJSON, and numerous other bits of code I was able to pull together and compile a page that did the desired task. APIs are all over the place and have been used to make life easier for almost everything that is found on the internet.

I researched cloud security and mobile cloud computing. For this assignment, I made one page for cloud security and another page for mobile cloud computing. Within in these pages I gave a description of each topic, an example relating to each topic, related each topic back to MIS3406 and related each topic to themselves.

Research Pages:

• Cloud Security
• Mobile Cloud computing

Propoint

1. Include the goals, results, project URL (if applicable), and what you learned in a brief paragraph.
2. Once approved, the description is automatically displayed in a post on your e-portfolio.

What I learned from this assignment is that I should practice more coding. There were many ways to do one thing. My goal was to write code that takes the API data of the Coronavirus from different countries and come to a conclusion. I learned more information about the Coronavirus, but coding-wise I learned that I should practice more. I had difficulties with manipulating the data (array) I retrieved from the API. There was also difficulty with loops as well. If I had to redo this assignment I would go through the codes and try to shorten the codes to reduce the file size and save space. What I ended up with was some calculations from the API and a comparison.

URL: http://misdemo.temple.edu/tuj49355/Covid-19/Covid-19.html

During this project, I was able to really test the limits of API’s and what they are capable of doing. With my own imagination as the limits, I organized the data to present helpful information for users. When looking at the Covid-19 raw data it can be very hard to understand especially for someone who his not familiar with arrays. My program helps users by gathering the data and organizing it into easy to understand information. I did this by using a few different techniques I learned in my data centric class.

I used many loops to run through the data, and separate it into the useful information. For example I have easy access buttons to find results on percentage of people who died, and averages of other groups of data. The averages include deaths, active cases, and tests over all the countries. I also provided a search bar to easily find countries within the data without having to scroll through all the countries. By using this data people can make decisions on how safe they are based on the entire world. They are also given insight on the risk of death if the contract the disease. To make the user feel more comfortable I also added imagery to help with make the program more user friendly.

 

1. Goals
   1. Use Javascript, AJAX, JSON, JQuery, HTML, and CSS to retrieve COVID data from an API and display it on a single page application.
2.  Results
   1. I created a webpage with four main sections: a header, overview page, country data display, and a display for a few lists. I used the getJSON function to retrieve data from the array, iterate through the data, and display the data in lists, strings, or buttons.
3. Project URL
   1. http://misdemo.temple.edu/tuj65429/COVID-19/
4. What I learned
   1. I greatly improved my understanding of coding a single page application and interacting with APIs and datasets. Many of the functions in the page were challenging to plan, code, and execute. I also enhanced my understanding of organizing objects and sections using HTML and styling with CSS/Bootstrap. Overall, this project really challenged my ability to consolidate the concepts I’ve learned into a singular, cohesive work.

Here is the URL to my application:

http://misdemo.temple.edu/tul44748/PRO%20points%20project/

Recommendation:

The API found at https://www.thecocktaildb.com/api.php?ref=apilist.fun, which contains thousands of recipes to delicious cocktails, could be used to teach people with interest in bartending how to make simple yet delicious cocktails or help people self-entertain and relax with easy homemade drinks while implementing social distancing and quarantine during COVID-19. The users will get different recipes to make unique cocktails when they click on the button. The recipes contain the name of the drink, the category, the glass that goes with it, the ingredients, the measure, the instructions, and the picture which finely depicts the drink.