Given a budget, search GameStop's game selection in this Java program. Add & remove games with specific pricess to your list, and receive a .txt file at the end with their prices and page links!
Inspiration: I wanted to capitalize on a previous application I made, a Rate My Professor application, and integrate the idea of an inventory manager.
What it does: Allows the user to manage a list of items. Item prices are found by scanning the product's page on GameStop.
How we built it: Built in Java, used Gradle and Jsoup (HTML Parser).
Challenges we ran into: Problems parsing GameStop's HTML, due to inconsistencies we had to work around. There were challenges regarding using Java's Scanner class and buffer reading.
Accomplishments that we're proud of: Ability to pass all roadblocks and learn programming skills in a single day. Being able to parse a website's HTML code to return a price.
What we learned: More on HTML parsing, writing to text files in Java, and more on exception handling.
What's next for GameStop Inventory Manager: Expand to other websites, maybe compare prices.
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