The goal of this analysis was to take the data set of UFO sightings and create an html webpage with a filterable table. To do this, I used HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Bootstrap.
For the final site, there are 5 filters that can be used - date, city, state, country, and the shape of the object. You can use as many of the filters as you want to narrow down your search. All searches need to be formatted exactly as the sample text is laid out. For example, if you enter the date as 01/01/2010 nothing will be returned. If you enter 1/1/2010, results will be filtered down and you will get table items. Also, the search is case sensitive, so nothing should be capitalized. After you enter the search criteria that you want, just hit 'enter' or 'return' on your keyboard and the results will be returned.
Here are some examples of searches:
- A search filtered down by date and city
- The same search as above but the city is capitalized, resulting in no output
One drawback of this webpage is that the search criteria must be exactly equal to the table elements. This can be confusing to people if they're used to entering dates in different formats or capitalizing items such as city, state, and country.
Additionally, here are two recommendations for further improving this site:
- I would correct the draw back listed above. It would correct the code so it did not matter if letters were capitalized or not in the city, state, country, and shape fields. Also, the date layout would work in the current form (m/d/yyyy) or in the form (mm/dd/yyyy).
- I would also add more graphics to the site. I think adding more images would make the website more attractive. Secondly, I could post videos on this site. It would give people more to look at while visiting and they would spend more time on the site.