Programadores con bata

https://youtu.be/IHF2l3DMbLo

https://github.com/campeon19/Space_App_Challenge_Programadores_con_bata

NASA POWER can provide relevant information for a Solar Panel user or someone that is thinking about buying one. While it is also possible to see the same information using NASA POWER website, the process might feel intimidating. 

Our solution is a mobile application that consumes NASA POWER data to show the user information. It has easy to understand graphs while still being at the reach of your hand. 

It is written in Javascript using the React Native framework through Expo. It works best on Android, but it is also possible to use on iOS. We also used some libraries like:

• Axios
• Redux
• Babel

When the user first opens the app, it will show an introductory screen that may or may not be skipped. After that, the user can choose to see a daily report or select a location to see related weather and solar data. The default location will be the user's current location. If the user’s location is not available for any reason, it will select Space Center Houston location. Then, the user may choose which data to see and our app will show that information through a graph.

We used the Nasa Power Temporal API. It allowed us to request various information about the weather like the amount of clouds, average temperature, wind velocity, humidity, the percentage of rainy days or the regular solar radiation of the area.

Additionally, we can get the user's current location via our application. It can be sent to Nasa Power API to eliminate unnecessary information for the user. This way, we can help the users to make decisions about solar energy in the areas they desire.

The space app challenge was a great experience for us. It managed to stay exciting during the whole process. We learnt a lot about different tools NASA provides to everyone for free. 

We chose this challenge because we are interested in renewable energy. While reading “You Are My Sunshine” description, we realized that even if people had solar panels, they might still don’t know how to make the most of it. 

The biggest challenge we faced was having little experience with NASA Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources API. As we all knew each other before the Space App Challenge, we hopped on a Discord voice channel and took some time to tinker with Nasa Power.

We also had no experience with React Native, the framework our solution used. Somehow, we all decided it was a good idea to join Hackaton with a technology none of us had used before. Whenever someone had a problem, we would brainstorm together for a solution. This helped us become closer as a team.

Last but not least, we would like to thank Maria Zaghi who encouraged us and gave us the guidelines to carry out this project.

1. Expo. (s. f.). Introduction to Expo. Expo Documentation. Recuperado 4 de octubre de 2021, de https://docs.expo.dev/
2. Stackhouse, P. (s. f.). NASA POWER | Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources. Nasa Power. Recuperado 4 de octubre de 2021, de https://power.larc.nasa.gov/
3. React. (s. f.). React – Una biblioteca de JavaScript para construir interfaces de usuario. Recuperado 4 de octubre de 2021, de https://es.reactjs.org/
4. React-Native. (s. f.). React Native · Learn once, write anywhere. Recuperado 4 de octubre de 2021, de https://reactnative.dev/
5. https://github.com/indiespirit/react-native-chart-kit
6. https://github.com/axios/axios

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This project has been submitted for consideration during the Judging process.