whenisthenextspacexlaunch.com

🚀 Development Repo and Documentation for When is the next SpaceX launch

Features

• Next upcoming launch large display panel with countdown timer and links to media
• List of up coming launches below fold
• Ken burns effect full screen launch image
• Theme selection (dark mode)

Technical Functionality

• Data from the unofficial SpaceX-API v4
• Theme set from system mode (dark/light)
• Browser Support: Any Modern Browser (Not Internet Explorer, or Edge v1)
• PWA Support (Desktop app install, mobile app install, static file cache)
• Data Caching using IndexedDB (min time between refresh 30mins)
• Image and asset caching using CacheAPI
• LocalStorage to store settings

Development

• Static Site
• Vanilla Javascipt (fetch for API calls)
• Library Addins
  • Moment(Dates and Times)
  • FontAwesome(Icons)
  • Google Fonts(font styles)
• Data from public API (SpaceX-API v4)
• Cacheing
  • Static files using Cache API (Service Worker / PWA)
  • API Data using IndexedDB
  • Theme preference using LocalStorage
• Browser storage using Local Storage
• NPM Modules: (Dev) gh-pages(github pages deployment)

• Source Control: GitHub
• Hosting: GitHub Pages with custom domain
• Analytics: Google Analytics, Microsoft Clarity

Releases

Version 2.3

• Fixes
  • API Missing payload data handle
  • Imgur image loading link 403 error handle
  • Minor verioning updates
  • Dependencie updates

Version 2.2

• Fixes
  • Implement method to force PWA Cache update

Version 2.1

• Features

  • Added Microsoft Clarity Snippet

• Fixes

  • Fixed New Year Date Comparison for Cache Refresh

Version 2.0

• Features
  • Converted to v4 of spaceX API
  • Static file caching using CacheAPI for PWA offine support
  • Image caching using CacheAPI for performance and offline support
  • Modified display for TBA launch dates (countdown will only show for confirmed launch time)
  • API Response data cached in IndexedDB with max min refresh time of 30mins
  • Various interface tweaks, fixes and improvements

Version 1.6

• Features

  • Dark mode switch button
  • Various layout updates and changes

• Fixes

  • Updates titles
  • Various other fixes and mistakes
  • Moved JS and CSS files into folders

Version 1.5

• Features

  • Allow selection of theme, remember selection on page refresh
  • Award Digital logo now text to support dark mode

• Fixes

  • No next mission patch use placeholder
  • Updated Title Text for launch times

Version 1.4

• Features

  • Dark Mode, System detected
  • No patch available use a placeholder

• Fixes

  • Missing Mission details check (hide)

Version 1.3

• Features
  • Favicons
    • Chrome
    • Apple
    • Windows Pinned Site (Browser Configuration)
    • Favicon
  • Facebook Metadata
  • Start of PWA Configuration
    • Install as App in Windows

Version 1.2

• Features
  • Sitemap.xml
  • robots.txt
  • Scrollbar styling
  • Noscript notice
• Fixes
  • Keywords
  • Single SpaceX-API call rather than 2 as upcoming also contains next launch

Version 1.1

• Features

  • Mobile optimisted layout
  • Header meta tags

• Fixes

  • AD Logo clarity

Version 1.0

• Features
  • SpaceX API Data for Next Launch
  • SpaceX API Data for upcoming launches
  • Deployment to gh-pages
  • Custom URL https://whenisthenextspacexlaunch.com