Friday, January 20, 2017

Updated Nearest Train Station app to be more mobile friendly.

When developing programs sometimes you get the feeling you're not quite happy. The problem is with writing programs you'll never be 100% happy as something can always be done better. It's more important to stop development and deliver a product than not deliver at all.

I recently made the Nearest Train Station web app available based on the code I'd written for the Mapz site. Each map section on Mapz has a desktop page and a mobile page. I'm no longer happy with this approach as all pages need to be accessible no matter what type of device you have. I decided to revisit the code and make the Nearest Train Station web app work well no matter what device you use to access the site. Later I may update the Mapz site with the same approach.

The Nearest Train Station web app which can be found at  https://www.nearesttrainstation.com.au now has two pages which are mobile and desktop friendly. The main page shows all Melbourne metropolitan train station and your location, which the second page accessed via the menu shows the nearest 5 stations to your current location. The main page is thus good if you want to see stations in a particular area but are not yourself in the area, whilst the nearest 5 page is good when you're in the area.

I hope this new design assists better when looking for the nearest train station.

Kelvin Eldridge
www.NearestTrainStation.com.au

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