Google sheets

Google sheets is a cloud-based spreadsheet solution that is free to use; you just need a Google account for this. Google sheets provides APIs that let you read, write, and update your spreadsheets programmatically.

Let's dive into Google sheets and create one for our own use:

  1. Log in to your Google account, or create one if you don't have an account already
  2. Open the Google sheet by clicking on the icon that says sheets
  3. This will redirect you to the Google sheets home page. Click on the plus icon to create a new/blank spreadsheet for our project
  4. Once open, edit the name of the spreadsheet and change it to Weather Station
  5. Since it autosaves, we don't need to worry about saving the spreadsheet after edits.

Now that we have created ...

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