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From now on, you can add a temperature converter to your own wordpress blog. Enhance your visitors stay on your blogs by providing them the opportunity to one click convert temperatures between celsius, fahrenheit, rankin and kelvin.

To download the plugin, go to http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tampile-temperature-conversion-widget/

Download the plugin, extract the content into your wp-content/plugins/ folder and then go in your administration panel, plugins section, and activate the plugin. Then you have to go to Appearance, Widgets menu to drag and drop Tampile temperature converter plugin to your sidebar. That’s it. Now your visitors can enjoy it.

It is javascript based so the page is not refreshed when the temperature is converted.

Please tell me if you notice any issues with the plugin or if you want anything else to be added to it, or if you find it hard to install/use. Thank you.

I’ve searched the web and i found interesting that the most of the people who learn a new programming language choose to build a temperature converter in their first apps created. Maybe we can call it the second Hello World

I think it is because a temperature converter uses some key features: data input, data processing and data output. Different temperatures scales make it easy to get used with selectors and buttons, and also with math.

Here is a list with temperature converter app withing different applications:

1. C#  -  http://www.overclock.net/application-programming/603490-my-simple-fahrenheit-celcius-converter-c.html

2. C – http://www.hawkee.com/snippet/6960/

3. Java – http://www.dreamincode.net/forums/showtopic108917.htm

4. Python – http://kenno.wordpress.com/2006/04/06/temperature-conversion/

5. Javascript – http://computer.howstuffworks.com/question369.htm

6. VB – http://the-journals.blogspot.com/2009/01/create-temperature-converter-with-vb.html

7. Perl – http://search.cpan.org/~mopy/Convert-Temperature-0.03/lib/Convert/Temperature.pm

The conversion from fahrenheit to celsius is more complicated. The formula for this transformation is: Fahrenheit = Celsius * 9 / 5 + 32  . It looks complicated and you may thing that you will never be able to do it without a calculator, but you can, let me explain you the easy way. You have the temperature in Celsius, double it and then add 32. It is not exact, but 9/5 is 1.8 which is close to 2. For exact conversion, after you double the celsius value you can substract 10 percent from the value, which is not very complicated. For example, take 28 degrees, double it you get 56, 10% from 56 is 5.6, very simple , you have 50.4, and then add 32 which will make it 82.4.

If you want a quick conversion and you are in front of a computer with internet conectior or you are using a mobile device, use an online temperature converter: Celsius to fahrenheit

The rankin scale is very simple to convert to, get your fahrenheit temperature and add 459.6 .

The measurement unit for temperature in International System of Units ( SI ) is kelvin. The temperature in Celsius, the commonly used system for measuring temperature is Kelvin – 273. To convert from Kelvin to Celsius is very simple, it has not a complicated formula, but the change was needed to consider water freeze temperature at 0 degrees. This is why Celsius system was introduced and it is the commonly used temperature measurement system in the world. Other important temperature scales are Fahrenheit and Rankine. Fahrenheit is most used in UK. It has a complicated formula. The Rankin scale is calculated based on Fahrenheit scale.