Inspiration
I am a beginner/noob investor in the stock market. Every time I needed to get some details about how the stock was performing, I've had to google either that company's name or its ticker symbol. I was inspired to make my own website where I could get to see the list of stocks I've invested in and their health on a single page.
What it does
It takes important details of a company's stock and fetches it into your stock portfolio, through an opensource API.
How I built it
So initially I had planned to make it on normal HTML,CSS, JS , but then I wanted to go a step further and add authentication to it. And what better than Django to use! So I used Django to build it from scratch. Firstly I made a template, like a header and a footer containing nav bar and basic info respectively. Then I linked this template to each and every webpage.
Challenges I ran into
Firstly it took me tons of time to set up the virtual environment. Secondly, I was not able to deploy it on Heroku. Even after taking little help from mentors and skimming Stack-Overflow, I ran into a gazillion errors.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
The feeling of finishing a project in 24 hrs is an accomplishment that I am proud of.
What we learned
I think I learnt patience, personally speaking. Technically speaking, I learnt Django and the correct way of reading documentation. ;-)
What's next for StockPortfolioManagement
I think I first want to resolve my deployment errors. And then, I want to learn Django authentication and Django database in order to create a personalized experience for each user.
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