WeatherBug And Mashery Developer Power Tools

As some of you may have heard, Mashery has been hard at work with their new Mashery Developer Tools. Designed to provide API fans with tools to speed up the development process, Earth Networks’ WeatherBug API is among an elite group of API providers participating in Mashery’s latest offering.

HTML, CSS and JavaScript into mobile apps

Using the latest Mashery Developer Tool known as appMobi XDK, WeatherBug’s own API among others, are now bundled within appMobi XDK itself. In short, this translates into plugging the WeatherBug API directly into your mobile app development strategy. The video below will give you a quick walk through the process. As you can see, this definitely helps developers to create the latest and greatest mobile software.

About the WeatherBug API

Thanks to the efforts behind appMobi XDK, it’s now easier than ever to bring in WeatherBug’s weather data into your own mobile software creations.  Gain access to WeatherBug’s station observations or see the visuals of changing weather for yourself with WeatherBug’s GEO API. No matter now you slice it, any location based mobile app is lacking without access to the real-time weather data provided with the API.

Create your own applications

So what can you do with Mashery Developer Tools and a little imagination? With API options like WeatherBug’s API and Outside.in, you could create an apps that provide a great local service. Here’s an idea for one: Let’s say you’re looking to create a statistics app. You might take the Outside.in API to find hyper-local stories about fender-benders for a certain day of the week. Next, use the Rotten Tomatoes API to determine new movie release times and follow it up with WeatherBug’s own hyper-local API to provide current and forecast weather data. Combined, this “would-be-app” might demonstrate that on previous new movie release days, news reports indicate that weather was a concern causing winter time accidents. Realizing this, you would use WeatherBug to plot the best time of the week to see the new movie, while avoiding both the rush of the crowds and the ice on the roads. This is just an example of what is possible with the WeatherBug API and the appMobi XDK.

WeatherBug API — Where to get it!

If you’ve got your creative juices flowing and want to create your next app using the best weather API data available, then just head on over to the WeatherBug API signup page to get started. It’s easy, just fill out the form and get to developing! You can also signup and learn more about the WeatherBug API at Developer.WeatherBug.com.