What it does- MyStocks functions as a great educational platform for new stock traders, by giving them tips and tricks and keeping track of the live graph. It starts off with a home website and navigation bar, which has five links or separate websites. These links are home, articles, submit an article, video tutorials made by my school's club, and a market calculator.
How I built it- I built it using html, Css, and bootstrap to do the front end designing and used java script and jquery to get a live graph to show up.
Challenges I ran into- My biggest challenge was the submit an article page, since I wanted an input box to be sent straight to my email by using PHP. After 5 hours of research, PHP was not working at all since I needed to install an Apache and email server to store the email in. Since this did not work, I resorted to using HTML and JS to make the program execute the same essential command, but with one extra step, but it made it much more reliable.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of- I am proud of MyStocks itself since I believe with a little more time put into it, it can really help new stock traders and kick start their investing career. I am also proud of the live graph and the potential that it holds.
What I learned- I learnt different applications of Java Script and how many things JS can do. I also learnt how much trouble it could be to run PHP or languages like it without being familiar with them. Lastly, I learnt bootstrap as well to make my front end look better.
What's next for MyStocks
I plan to make a server that has API for how fast the market is growng and put it on a live graph which updates live every second or so. I also need to work on some aesthetics and front end to make it look more appealing.
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