Build a Google Maps App with JavaScript
30mBeginner2021-05-24
Authors
Mark Lassoff
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Course details
Build a quick and compelling app that uses the Google Places library and JavaScript to implement geolocation. In this short, hands-on course, Mark Lassoff helps you create a simple Google Maps integrated application using vanilla JavaScript: Feed Me, a restaurant locator. This project can help you hone your JavaScript skills and add a much-needed feature—an interactive map—to your existing sites and applications. Plus, learn how to add extra information to Google Maps markers, such as the price and rating for the featured restaurants.
Skills covered
jQueryAPIsJavaScriptOracleProjectOpen SourceSoftware Development
Concepts
Introduction
- Project introduction
- Application demonstration
- Skills covered in the app
Building the App
- The HTML framework
- JavaScript introduction
- Obtaining geolocation with JavaScript
- Displaying the initial Google map
- Obtaining area information from the Google Places API
- Displaying content on Google Maps
- Making the map Interactive
Conclusion
- Suggestions for enhancing the app and goodbye