The latest articles on DEV Community by Joel Ezema (@joelezema). https://dev.to/joelezema https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F4088588%2F2ff137c1-529c-4154-a074-40ec1edd7e5d.jpg https://dev.to/joelezema en Joel Ezema Fri, 21 Aug 2026 16:33:18 +0000 https://dev.to/joelezema/building-in-public-my-journey-constructing-a-weather-app-with-openweathermap-48c6 https://dev.to/joelezema/building-in-public-my-journey-constructing-a-weather-app-with-openweathermap-48c6 <p>Hey DEV community! I'm currently a beginner-intermediate developer learning software engineering, and I wanted to start documenting my builds. Right now, I am constructing a responsive weather app using HTML, CSS, and Vanilla JavaScript.<br> I'm integrating the OpenWeatherMap API to fetch live weather data. For this project, I'm focusing on browser-native data fetching using the JavaScript fetch API and mastering the flow of async/await functions so my app requests payloads securely without freezing the user interface.<br> I’m currently tackling a few logic roadblocks regarding temperature metric formatting (getting it to output Celsius smoothly instead of Kelvin), but I'm building it all under a strict 2-hour daily hardware constraint. I'll drop the full repository link and a complete code tutorial once the UI elements are finalized. If you have any tips for handling deep JSON objects from OpenWeatherMap, drop them in the comments! I also welcome any and all questions.</p> webdev javascript beginners learning