Idea 1: Web Scraping Tool 💬 Challenge: Create a tool that can scrape data from websites, such as product prices, stock prices, news articles, etc. This tool could be built using Python libraries such as BeautifulSoup, Selenium, and Requests. It could extract data from web pages and store it in a structured format, such as … Read more
💬 Project Goal: Create a small Python script that automatically creates catchy titles similar to the one you just read, given a certain topic. A Story on Creating Catchy Titles with Python Once upon a time, there lived a small business owner who was looking for a new way to make their business stand out … Read more
A few days ago, a coding friend asked me: “What is the best Google search library for Python?” Well, to be honest, I had no clue, so I did my investigation and did some quick testing. And I thought that it might be useful to share it with some Pythonistas newbies out of there. So … Read more
What/Why? I want to write a simple Python script that warns me if crypto price data (e.g., BTC) crosses a certain threshold. This can be useful for trading or some other apps, so I thought it would be fun to do it. The tutorial in front of you simply documents my learnings on creating a … Read more
This tutorials shares my experience of creating a simple Python script that warns me if crypto price data (e.g., BTC or ETH) crosses a certain threshold. Why would I need this? Well, the script can be useful for trading signals if I want to react quickly. While I don’t really trade, this script may be … Read more
In this article, I’ll guide you through the TryHackMe CTF (capture the flag 🚩) challenge Looking Glass. There will be spoilers in this write-up and walkthrough video, so stop reading now and click here if you want to try this free hacking challenge first without any hints. This is part of the hacking security series … Read more
👾 GitHub Link: https://github.com/Benjamin-James-Reitz/attendancebot-3.0 As one of my first Python scripts, I coded a data conversion bot with automated email functionality in Python 3. As you go over this tutorial, feel free to watch my explainer video as well: Why This Project? The script helped me save time by letting the computer do the busy … Read more
Story: This series of articles assume you work in the IT Department of Mason Books. The Owner asks you to scrape the website of a competitor. He would like this information to gain insight into his pricing structure. 💡 Note: Before continuing, we recommend you possess, at minimum, a basic knowledge of HTML and CSS and … Read more
Project Description Story: Assume you work in the IT Department of Right-On Realtors. Your boss asks you to create a simple website the Realtors can query to view current Home Sales. He would like this website created using the Flask framework in Python. In this article, we’ll create a simple website app to query real estate stats … Read more