fun.sh

Terminal based utility for good times!

This project follows the "learn by building" philosophy, where I implemented various C concepts by creating something fun

Features

• Dark humor jokes via the JokeAPI
• Random fun facts
• Weather information for any city using wttr.in
• Color-coded terminal interface

Installation

Windows

1. Download the latest release from releases
2. Option 1: Run directly from the downloaded location
3. Option 2: Run PowerShell as admin and set the "fun" command

   # Create directory
   mkdir "C:\Program Files\fun"
   # Move executable
   move fun.exe "C:\Program Files\fun\"
   # Add to PATH (run in PowerShell as Administrator)
   [Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("Path", "$($env:Path);C:\Program Files\fun", "Machine")

Linux

1. Download the latest release from releases
2. Make it executable:

   chmod +x fun_linux

3. Run directly:

   ./fun_linux

4. Optional - Install system-wide:

   sudo mv fun_linux /usr/local/bin/fun

Technical Implementation Details

The project implements various C programming concepts:

• Screen manipulation using ANSI escape codes
  • \033[2J - Clear screen
  • \033[H - Move cursor to top-left
• Color coding output using ANSI color codes and then resetting the color
• External API interaction using system() and curl
• Using fgets instead of scanf for better string input handling
• Seeding random numbers with srand(time(NULL)) then generating random numbers rand()
• String manipulation with strcspn to remove newlines

Dependencies

• GCC or any C compiler
• curl installed on your system

Future improvements

• Add more interactive features