Ethical and Multilingual Description Standards
Building the Search Web App
Establishing Functional Requirements: We learned how to define clear goals for a technical project, identifying optimal, free, and open-source solutions like Google Sheets, GitHub Pages, and Vanilla JavaScript for building a robust search and discovery system.
Transforming Google Sheets into a Database: We successfully converted a Google Sheet into a dynamic JSON-based API endpoint using Google App Script, enabling our website to retrieve and utilize the data.
Connecting Website and Database: We developed the
JavaScript getData() function to fetch JSON data from our
Google Sheet API and the displayData() function to present
this information effectively on the webpage.
Implementing Data Filtering and Search: We built robust client-side filtering capabilities, including normalization for capitalization and diacritics, allowing users to search the displayed data efficiently.