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Live Alert

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A VS Code extension that shows weather and news updates
Installation
Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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Live Alert Extension

A VS Code extension that provides real-time weather and news updates right in your editor.

Features

  • 🌦️ Get current weather updates for any city
  • 📰 View top news headlines
  • 🌍 Weather data for any location
  • 📱 Clean and modern interface
  • 🔄 Automatic updates

Commands

  • Show Weather - Display current weather conditions
  • Show News - View top news headlines
  • Show Weather & News - View both weather and news in a split view

Installation

  1. Open VS Code
  2. Go to Extensions view by clicking on the Extensions icon in the Activity Bar on the side of the window or pressing Ctrl+Shift+X
  3. Search for "Live Alert"
  4. Click Install

Usage

  1. After installing the extension, press Ctrl+Shift+P to open the command palette
  2. Type any of the following commands:
    • Show Weather - to view current weather
    • Show News - to view top news headlines
    • Show Weather & News - to view both in split view

Requirements

  • VS Code 1.58.0 or higher
  • Python 3.7 or higher

Extension Settings

This extension contributes the following settings:

  • live-alert.weatherCity: Default city for weather updates (default: "Chandigarh")
  • live-alert.newsCount: Number of news items to display (default: 5)

Known Issues

  • Weather updates may take a few seconds to load
  • News updates are fetched from Google News RSS feed

Release Notes

0.0.1

  • Initial release
  • Added weather and news functionality
  • Created VS Code webview interface
  • Added error handling and loading states

Contributing

  1. Fork the repository
  2. Create your feature branch
  3. Commit your changes
  4. Push to the branch
  5. Create a new Pull Request

License

MIT

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