Weather-Forecast Implementation

A minimal java Weather-Forecast app with awesome UI based on Swing.

Basic Overview

Weather-Forecast app is what the title says it is. It's a quick, simple weather app. The features include the basics, including forecasts, current temperature, hourly forecasts, and more. Other than that, it's really not all that complicated. It's free to download with no in-app purchases and the source code available.

The weather app supports global locations and has customizable Live Tile support. It is a nice option for the times you just need to check in on the weather to plan for your week ahead, your weekend plans or any other times when the weather could play a factor. This Weather app has a host of updates since released, with a few new features added to the mix. Furthermore, it delivers the basic weather information among with useful informations(Pressure clouds,Wind Speed) to your Windows computer in a clean, eye-catching and easy to use package together.

Benefits of Weather-Forecast

Make confident decisions by using this awesome weather desktop application in order to get the current weather forecast for any city. Weather-Forecast has loads of features. However, the following list is a glimpse of that huge features list.

Awesome UI app.
Easy to use.
Value For Money.
Available SourceCode.
Your current conditions.
A 7-Day forecast.
Switching to your current locations based on your computer's Location Services.

API Usage

The Weather-Forecast uses the OpenWeatherMap API to get the current weather. OpenWeatherMap API is free to use for smaller-scale applications. Large applications with bigger user bases may need to opt into one of the paid plans in order to satisfy the higher call–per-minute needs. The free tier comes with the following restrictions:

1,200 API calls per minute
Weather history no greater than one day old
95% up time
Weather data updates every 2 hours
No SSL

If you need more calls per minute, increased up time, more frequent weather updates, or secured access, you’ll need to pay subscription. Regardless of which tier you decide to use, you need to register an API key for your application. To do this, register your application by signing up for an account. Once logged in, you can find the key under the setup tab. Since the API is public access, the key needs to be added as a parameter to whatever API endpoint you send a request to.

Features Instructions

Maven Sample project Included with proper way to construct an app.
The working Java sample includes both front End and Backend source code of the application.
It is tested and ready to be used for commercial purposes or to adapt it on any desirable desktop app specification you want.

What You will Need?

About 15 minutes.
A favorite JAVA text editor or IDE.
JDK 8 or later.
Download and unzip the source repository for this guide.
cd into the Path that you previous Downlaod.
et voila! You are ready to adapt it to match it with your specifications.

Build The Sample

If you download the samples ZIP, be sure to unzip the entire archive.
Start Netbeans and select File > Open > Project.
Press Ctrl+Shift+B, or select Build > Clean & Build Project.

Support

Please open an issue for support or even more open a pull request.

License

This project is licensed under the Apache License 2.0 see the Licence.md file for details

Contacts

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Contributing

Please contribute using Github Flow. Create a branch, add commits.

Fork it: git clone https://github.com/PanagiotisDrakatos/Weather-Forecast.git
Create your feature branch: git checkout -b my-new-feature
Commit your changes: git commit -am 'Add some feature'
Push to the branch: git push origin my-new-feature
Submit a pull request
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