This project is designed for a JavaScript workshop to introduce college students to a working JS application.

Installations

Install Node 8

• Directions: go to https://nodejs.org/en/download/ and click on the Windows or MacOS Installer, and then follow the directions

Install Git

• The link is here https://git-scm.com/downloads and the same directions apply: click on the appropriate OS.

Create React App

This project was bootstrapped with Create React App. This is super cool and easy to use - check out their repo to start your own app!

Skyscanner API

This project uses the Skyscanner API. You will need a free API key.

Once you have an API key, you can play around with RapidAPI to test getting different results from Skyscanner.

How do I get this repo running on my machine?

There are a few options for accessing this code so that you can use it. We'll start with the least difficult option.

1. Download the zip file

• At https://github.com/DanielJRutledge/serverless-demo look to the right for a button called "Download Zip".
• Click this button, and save to a convenient location on your computer.
  • Mac: click on the downloaded zip to install.
  • Windows: right-click and WinZip to install.

2. Command Line + Git

• If you have some knowledge of Command Line and have Git installed, you can follow these steps:
  • cd to a desired folder
  • git clone https://github.com/DanielJRutledge/serverless-demo.git

Once you have cloned the repo, you'll need to do a few things.

In the command line, navigate to the new serverless-demo directory.

• run npm install
• after npm install is complete, then run npm start
• you should be able to access the app in the browser at http://localhost:3000/

Stretch goals

This app uses Material-UI. See if you can update the color scheme to dark mode (hint!).

Try adding a new dropdown with a list of cities. When the user selects a city, a new list of results displays.