Build a Command-Line Weather App with Python
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EDITOR BRIEF
The tutorial shows how to create a terminal app that takes a city name and displays current temperature and wind speed. It uses Open-Meteo to convert the city into coordinates and introduces HTTP requests, JSON parsing, error handling, and command-line arguments.
INSIGHTS
This project helps turn abstract API concepts into a practical Python tool. Try building it, then experiment with handling unknown city names or network errors.
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