CitiBike Finder

Building a Sinatra App with CitiBike's JSON Station feed and the Google Maps API

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1. Citi Bike Finder Amy Johnson & Kyle Doherty
2. Dock Blocked
3. Blue Biked
5. Requested Solution Trip planner that suggests starting and end locations based on historical data
6. Realistic Goals Sinatra using Citi Bike JSON Feed Search for nearby stations Google Maps API for directions
7. Demo
8. JSON JSON Parser HTTParty Object
9. JSON Parser Station (Geocoder gem) Station Builder
10. Controller Station (Geocoder gem) Name & Location
11. Controller Station (Geocoder gem) Name & Location - Station Name - Location Station Refresher - # of Bikes - # of Docks
12. - Station Name - Location - # of Bikes - # of Docks
13. Directions with the Google Maps API
14. What You Need... 1. Directions Renderer Object • new google.maps.DirectionsRenderer(); 2. Directions Service Object • new google.maps.DirectionsService();
15. Directions Renderer • new google.maps.DirectionsRenderer(); views/stations/directions.erb
16. Directions Service • new google.maps.DirectionsService(); views/stations/directions.erb
17. Directions Renderer • new google.maps.DirectionsRenderer();
18. Next Steps Rails App Write Tests & Refactor Create prediction model Optimize DB calls Use caching to speed up responses
19. Amy Johnson - github.com/amyrjohnson Kyle Doherty - github.com/kylefdoherty Project Repo - github.com/kylefdoherty/citi-bike-search