Weather Station Observer Pattern Example

This project contains starter code to demonstrate the observer design pattern. The starter code for this activity is located in week2-designpatterns-observer.zip

To run it on your computer, run npm install to fetch the dependencies for the project, and then run ts-node src/WeatherStation.ts (or npm run demo, if ts-node does not work), which should produce the following output:

Current conditions: 80F degrees and 65% humidity
Avg/max/min temperature = 80/80/0
Heat Index: 82.95535063710001
Forecast: Improving weather on the way!
Current conditions: 82F degrees and 70% humidity
Avg/max/min temperature = 81/82/0
Heat Index: 86.90123306385205
Forecast: Watch out for cooler, rainy weather
Current conditions: 78F degrees and 90% humidity
Avg/max/min temperature = 80/82/0
Heat Index: 83.64967139559604
Forecast: More of the same

As we discussed in class, there is a lot to be improved from this design. Working in your group, modify this code so that it uses the observer pattern, with each of the various display classes as the observers, and the WeatherData as the subject object.

A high-level sketch of this design is:

1. Create a WeatherDataObserver interface, which defines your update method
2. Create an observers array in WeatherData and helper methods to register and de-register observers. Add code to notify the observers of updates when the weather data updates.
3. Modify each of CurrentConditionsDisplay, ForecastDisplay, HeatIndexDisplay and StatisticsDisplay to be implementors of the new observer interface. These display classes should display their information whenever the weather data is updated.
4. Modify WeatherStation, so that it creates the XXXDisplays, and subscribes them to the WeatherData
5. Update WeatherData.measurementsChanged to notify its observers of the update

When you are done, run npm run pack to create a zip archive with your code and post it on Slack, along with the message “Breakout Room X: breakout room members”

This activity is based on the running example in Chapter 2 of “Head First Design Patterns, 2nd Edition” by Robson and Freeman.