📅 2023-09-22 — Session: Updated Mapbox style IDs and resolved JS errors

🕒 06:25–08:10
🏷️ Labels: Python, Mapbox, HTML, Javascript, Error Handling
📂 Project: Dev
⭐ Priority: MEDIUM

Session Goal: The session aimed to update Mapbox style IDs in HTML files using Python and address compatibility and runtime errors with Mapbox GL JS.

Key Activities:

  • Developed Python scripts to update style IDs in HTML files based on CSV data.
  • Utilized regular expressions for efficient style ID replacements.
  • Troubleshot common runtime errors in Mapbox GL JS, providing a step-by-step resolution guide.
  • Addressed compatibility issues between Mapbox SDK and GL JS versions, updating library versions as needed.
  • Used command-line tools find and sed for batch updates of HTML files.
  • Resolved 404 Not Found errors related to Mapbox GL JS v3.0.0 and provided migration instructions to v3.0.0-beta.1.
  • Implemented a Python function for dynamic URL updates in JSON structures.

Achievements:

  • Successfully updated style IDs in HTML files and resolved Mapbox GL JS runtime and compatibility errors.

Pending Tasks:

  • Verify the updated library versions in a production environment to ensure no further compatibility issues.
  • Continue monitoring for any breaking changes with new Mapbox GL JS releases.