Retro Computer Problem Solver

Inspiration

We wanted to help students search with credibility and ease. In our project development, Mr. Henrich came to us and said, "students need a tool to filter reliable information on the Internet".

What it does

Our aim is to create an app which, with customization, uses a sophisticated algorithm that searches the web and pulls specific computer science related sites/pages based on keywords inputted by the user.

This app removes a lot of unnecessary “junk” which the user does not need, and unreliable/time-wasting sources (Google always puts sponsored sites at the top), by searching only “.org”, “.edu” websites.

How we built it

We used Python Tkinter to create the front-end GUI, web scraping using Beautiful Soup Python Module, and python logic to perform filtering.

Challenges we ran into

Solving logical errors, such as a infinite while loop (because of a conditional flaw) which got resolved and worked as we desire.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Working filtering, web scraping, and retro GUI feel.

What we learned

Collaboration, problem solving and troubleshooting

What's next for Retro Computer Problem Solver

Working on the back button, and increasing number of websites web scraper can find.

Built With

• beautiful-soup
• python
• requests
• tkinter