5 Day Weather Forecast(With emojis)

Weather Gadget (5 day forecast with emojis)

Inspiration

As a student, I always wanted to try out my first hackathon and this idea became the inspiration for my very first Forge app! I wanted to build something useful, simple, and fun that enhances daily project workflows. So I created a gadget that shows a 5-day weather forecast right inside Jira

What it does

The gadget allows users to:

Input their city and country
Select from multiple location suggestions
View a 5-day weather forecast with icons, temperature, humidity, and descriptions

How I built it

I built the project using:

Atlassian Forge (my first time using it!)
React components with @forge/react
Forge resolver functions to fetch weather and location data
OpenWeatherMap API for current and forecast weather data
Gadget configuration panel to let users customize their location
Tools: forge tunnel, forge deploy, and @forge/bridge

It was a great exercise in combining backend and frontend logic all inside Forge's cloud platform ☁️.

Challenges I ran into

Don't Know i just searched it up to documentation if i didnt get anything

But every bug taught me something new and gave me more confidence.

Accomplishments that I proud of

Successfully completed and deployed my first Forge app
Learned to use external APIs with Forge securely
Made a user-configurable gadget that anyone can use in Jira
Did it all as a student and first-time hackathon participant

📚 What I learned

How Forge apps are structured — modules, functions, resolvers, resources
How to use @forge/api, @forge/react, and @forge/bridge
How to manage app configuration state with gadgetConfiguration
How to debug using Forge CLI tools and browser logs
And most importantly — how fun and rewarding it is to build something real projects by doing hackathons