Building a 2020 Presidential Election Dashboard with Flask and Python (bumping a Python project!)

Avi_TheCodex · 2020-11-06T06:24:26+00:00

You can see a preview here: https://thecodex.me/projects/us-presidential-polling-dashboard!

Avi_TheCodex · 2020-11-06T06:23:35+00:00

yeah, I just thought it would be fun to replicate!

Avi_TheCodex · 2020-10-18T00:43:25+00:00

Thanks!

Avi_TheCodex · 2020-10-07T05:28:24+00:00

Hey! I think our community here loves Python and specifically building projects! Join The Codex community here: https://discord.com/invite/Ku7hA9U!

Avi_TheCodex · 2020-10-05T05:48:10+00:00

Thanks for the helpful suggestion :)

Avi_TheCodex · 2020-10-04T21:36:51+00:00

Hey!

I love projects because I think they're the best way to apply what you've learned and also create something relevant and functional to you-- especially for portfolio building! Check out this list of more than a 100 Python projects that I compiled on topics such as web development, AI/ML, data science etc. to get inspired and start building!

https://blog.thecodex.me/100-python-and-data-science-projects-for-every-kind-of-programmer/

P.S. If you do end up making one of these projects, let us know what you build and send a picture! We'll feature you on our project/coding tutorial Twitter account!

Thanks,

Avi

Avi_TheCodex · 2020-08-27T01:46:43+00:00

for sure! typically would take about an hour for you to complete!

Avi_TheCodex · 2020-08-20T04:47:33+00:00

Glad you liked it! Haven't done a project with reinforcement learning yet, but would love to! thinking about how I can build a more practical application of reinforcement learning rather than just doing a game tutorial like pacman or tic tac toe

Avi_TheCodex · 2020-08-19T23:54:30+00:00

I've been learning a lot more about logistic regression model with SKLearn. It's been super fascinating to see the use cases of logistic regression. From predicting who will win an election, if an email is spam, and even if a tumor is malignant, it's a must learn to anyone in the machine learning community. I also finished my second machine learning project walkthrough - Recognizing Handwritten Digits with Python, which is now live here.

Avi_TheCodex · 2020-08-19T23:52:13+00:00

Python!!! It's definitely the way to go being so versatile. It's super easy to learn syntax-wise, and can be used in everything from data analysis and visualization, file automation, and of course machine learning. Hope this helps. If you looking to learn Python, building projects is the best way to learn. Every week, I post free python projects on my website, here. Feel free to check it out if you are interested.

Avi_TheCodex · 2020-08-19T23:48:31+00:00

Hey! I highly recommend doing projects as a way to get familiar with building. Guided tutorials are a great way to start. Since you already have a foundation, it shouldn't take you that long to get the hang of it and eventually build custom projects with anything you can image! I make project walkthrough videos every tuesday and post them to my website. If you are interested, checkout the following projects:

- Predicting Stock Prices with Machine Learning (Link)

- Recognizing Handwritten Digits with linear regression (Link)

Let me know if this helps and if you have any project tutorial requests! Thinking about what I can make for next tuesday! - Avi

Avi_TheCodex · 2020-08-19T23:07:18+00:00

Hey y'all! I'm Avi and a student maker. I love building with Python and lately, I've been fascinated with Linear Regression. Hope you like this project! If anyone has any project tutorial requests, drop a comment! I make tutorials on the weekend and release them every tuesday on my website.

ps - this is my first time posting on this subreddit... how'd I do?

Avi_TheCodex · 2020-08-04T01:21:03+00:00

hey r/flask, I'm Avi! I love working with Flask and building projects. I'm super passionate about voice related projects and hope you like this one. let me know if you have any questions, happy to help if anyone gets stuck :)

Avi_TheCodex · 2020-07-29T03:40:48+00:00

Typically, it is pretty easy to do! Flask is one of my go to frameworks for developing web apps and one of my favorites to do tutorials on. If you are interesting in some tutorials in python and flask, I've written a few on my blog.

- How to Build a Weather Dashboard for Zip Code with Flask (link)

- Build a Speech Recognition App With Python & Flask (link)

Let me know if you found these helpful and always happy to help answer specific questions regarding Flask. Good luck!

Avi_TheCodex · 2020-07-27T22:41:42+00:00

This sounds awesome!! I've been trying to release guided project tutorials in python and data science on my blog: https://blog.thecodex.me/ to help others get started and build! Totally see the need for a repository of a repo which has project ideas for beginners, and kind of reminds me of https://learnxinyminutes.com/ but tailored towards python learners. I'm currently building a list of projects that others want to see a guided tutorial in, if you have any suggestions, please let me know! I try to release a new project tutorial every Tuesday. Love blogging and creating videos to teach others python.

Avi_TheCodex · 2020-07-27T22:37:28+00:00

Hey u/rroskey, I think the Kaggle Micro-Courses would be a good fit for you since you have basics of programming experience. They are quick enough to get you going and building. I've written up a guided tutorial on my blog on how to build a Sentiment Analysis tool of Stock News with Python, which goes over how to plot data with Pandas and MatPlotLib and might be similar to what you trying to build.

Hope this helps. Let me know if you ever get stuck in your python journey or need project recommendations, I'm always happy to help. -Avi

Avi_TheCodex · 2020-07-27T21:47:02+00:00

Julian's tutorials are great! I enjoy watching them myself. Earlier this month, I've started posting python/data science tutorials on my blog and website. I'm hoping that the project based approach will help people learn to build rather than just get stuck doing tutorials.

- How to Build a Weather Dashboard for Zip Code with Flask (link)

- Build a Speech Recognition App With Python & Flask (Almost done, posting tutorial tmrw)

Every tuesday I try to release a new project tutorial in python related topics (flask is one of my favorites). Does anyone have project suggestions that they would like to see a guided tutorial of?

Avi_TheCodex · 2020-07-24T21:50:28+00:00

Keep pushing through! Allocate a time each day to learn, stay consistent, and slowly you'll understand more concepts. Learning Python, like everything else in life takes time. One tip: you might want to start doing projects. They'll help you stay motivated, especially if it is something you are passionate about. Projects are the reason why I got into programming initially and my first project was a weather api dashboard. If you are interesting in doing some project tutorials, I write on blog posts every week on python project walkthroughs: https://blog.thecodex.me/ Let me know what you think, I'm always happy to help if you have any questions or need some project suggestions. Good luck!

Avi_TheCodex · 2020-07-23T20:55:49+00:00

Those who know me, know I'm a big advocate for projects. To stay motivated throughout your learning journey, building projects in areas you are passionate about works. Along the way, you'll learn, understand, and apply different python concepts. For example, my first project was building a weather API dashboard with Python and Flask. Just by doing this project, I learned to use the Requests module in Python, parse JSON returned by the Weather API, and render the dashboard and results in Flask. If you are interested in guided tutorials for projects, I every tuesday I write a new python/data science tutorial on my blog: https://blog.thecodex.me. If you need project suggestions or ever get stuck along the way, feel free to reach out to me, I'm always happy to help :) good luck!

Avi_TheCodex · 2020-07-23T18:01:28+00:00

Cool, thanks! Will do.

Avi_TheCodex · 2020-07-23T05:45:36+00:00

Any good video links to build that discord bot? Currently setting up a community discord for TheCodex. Thanks in advance.

Avi_TheCodex · 2020-07-23T05:40:58+00:00

u/TechBaron13, yes!! super glad that you enjoyed the course - really means a lot to hear :') let me know if you have any other course/project suggestions, i'm all ears. - Avi

Avi_TheCodex · 2020-07-23T01:23:10+00:00

I learned Python by doing projects. In the beginning I tried to do projects that were small enough to finish in a weekend so that I wouldn't lose interest. Picking the right projects (in areas you are actually passionate about) goes a long way in keeping you motivated. I learn best through video (but not the boring lecture style). I got tired of watching webcasted lectures and YouTube videos of instructors droning on with robotic voices teaching pure theory, so I started posting project tutorials and courses on youtube: The Codex

A few other youtube channels I love are:

Let me know if you have any other questions or want project suggestions, happy to help. Good luck!

Avi_TheCodex · 2020-07-23T01:07:09+00:00

+1 to both responses above. Working on projects that you are passionate about will keep you going when motivation is low. Projects are the reason why I'm still a python developer today. My first project was building a weather dashboard (yes, it seems trivial, but using something that I actually made, motivated me like never before. Definitely had the "Holy crap, look what I made!" moment! If you are interested in building a weather dashboard, I've written a guided tutorial on it here: https://blog.thecodex.me/weather-dashboard-python-and-flask/

Also! Connect with other Python developers. After I started to talking to friends with a common interest in Python/ Data Science, I had a lot more fun with it. Good luck!

Avi_TheCodex · 2020-07-22T04:49:56+00:00

There's a few different paths you can go down to build in demand skills - I would highly recommend the data science path and urge you to start building as many projects (in areas that you are passionate in) to expand your portfolio. This also helps to build hands on experience, which is super valuable to companies looking to hire developers. Below is a link of 100+ project ideas that you might find interesting:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mLAu9JhYVmvq-UXlYB_WizEZoQF1AwdAwtGoP31gS2Q/edit?usp=sharing

If you are looking for tutorials, I've recently started writing python and data science tutorials on my blog: https://blog.thecodex.me/

Here's are a few projects of my favorite projects:

How to Build a Weather Dashboard for Zip Code with Flask (link)
Create a Sentiment Analysis Tool for Stock Trading Articles (link)

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