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A web application that takes a user's birthday and calculates the day of the week they were born and then depending on their gender outputs their Akan Name. Akan names are derived from Ghanaian culture. Frequently in Ghana, children are given their first name as a 'day name' which corresponds to the day in the week they were born.

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Akan Name Generator

By Venesa Atieno

Akan name generator based on the day and date you were born.

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Description

A web application that takes a user's birthday and calculates the day of the week they were born and then depending on their gender outputs their Akan Name.


Akan names are derived from Ghanian culture. Frequently in Ghana, children are given their first name as a 'day name' which corresponds

to the day in the week they were born.

Installation

Requirements

  • Either a computer,phone,tablet or an Ipad

  • browser

  • An access to the Internet

Installation Process

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Site Screenshot

Here's an image of the design of the site :

Landing page: landing page

Generate page: generate page

Contact Us Page: contact us page

Behavior Driven Development

Specification: Akan Name Generator

When date of birth and gender are inputted in a form to generate akan day names Then it is calculated to get day born which is equated to an akan name depending on the gender.

When a date is keyed in wrongly Then an alert message is sent to the user.

When gender selected is male Then Akan name generated is for male users. And the day of birth is also generated and displayed to the user.

When gender selected is female Then Akan name generated is for female users. And the day of birth is also generated and displayed to the user.

Live Link

here is the link to the site https://venesaokuna.github.io/Ghanian-Akan-Name-Generator/

Technology Used

  • HTML - which was used to build the structure of the pages.

  • CSS - which was used to style the pages incuding the left aside navigation bar

  • JavaScript - which was used to add some functionality

Reference

  • Materialize CSS

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Licence

MIT License

Copyright (c) [2021] [Venesa Atieno]

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, but not to sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

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Authors Info

I am self-driven and passionate about Software development and all types of art, especially camera works. I take each day as a learning opportunity and seek to develop new skills .

Linked - Venesa Atieno

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A web application that takes a user's birthday and calculates the day of the week they were born and then depending on their gender outputs their Akan Name. Akan names are derived from Ghanaian culture. Frequently in Ghana, children are given their first name as a 'day name' which corresponds to the day in the week they were born.

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