{
  "id": 2403831,
  "title": "Building in Public: My Journey Constructing a Weather App with OpenWeatherMap",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/building-in-public-my-journey-constructing-a-weather-app-with",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-21T16:33:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/joelezema/building-in-public-my-journey-constructing-a-weather-app-with-openweathermap-48c6"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Hey DEV community! I'm a beginner-intermediate developer learning software engineering, and I'm eager to share my progress on building a responsive weather app. My current focus is on mastering the integration of the OpenWeatherMap API to obtain live weather data. To ensure a smooth user experience, I'm employing browser-native data fetching techniques using the JavaScript fetch API and focusing on the flow of async/await functions.\n\nAt the moment, I'm encountering some logic challenges related to temperature metric formatting. My goal is to display the temperature in Celsius, rather than Kelvin, in a seamless manner. I'm diligently working within a strict 2-hour daily hardware constraint to keep the project on track. Once the UI elements are polished, I'll be sure to share the complete repository link and provide a comprehensive code tutorial for others to follow along.\n\nIf you have any valuable tips for working with deep JSON objects from the OpenWeatherMap API, I would greatly appreciate your insights in the comments section. Additionally, I welcome any questions you may have, as I'm always open to learning from fellow developers and improving my own skills in the process.",
  "summary": "Hey DEV community! I'm currently a beginner-intermediate developer learning software engineering, and I wanted to start documenting my builds. Right now, I am constructing a responsive weather app using HTML, CSS, and Vanilla JavaScript. I'm integrating the OpenWeatherMap API to fetch live weather data. For this project, I'm focusing on browser-native data fetching using the JavaScript fetch API…",
  "key_points": [
    "Beginner-intermediate developer building responsive weather app",
    "Integrating OpenWeatherMap API for live weather data",
    "Working within 2-hour daily hardware constraint"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}