Today I started building CosmoPulse, a website that uses NASA’s public APIs to bring space information directly to users.
I decided to create this project because I wanted to combine my interest in space and web development. The main idea is to create a dashboard where users can view NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day and interact with a space assistant.
I started by setting up the project using Vite and JavaScript. I learned how modern frontend projects are structured and why tools like Vite make development easier.
The biggest thing I learned today was how APIs work. Instead of manually adding space images, my website can request fresh data from NASA every day.
Next, I plan to connect the NASA API and start building the main interface.