Updating with various little changes.

Author: dominict

Diff for: .gitignore

@@ -102,15 +102,6 @@ venv.bak/
 
 # mypy
 .mypy_cache/
-4 DB in Python/.DS_Store
-4 DB in Python/.DS_Store
-.vscode/settings.json
-4 DB in Python/.DS_Store
-.DS_Store
-.DS_Store
-.DS_Store
+# MacOS DS_Store
 .DS_Store
-.DS_Store
-.DS_Store
-.DS_Store
-4 DB in Python/.DS_Store
+.vscode/settings.json

Diff for: 1 gradetracker/GradeTracker.py

@@ -1,51 +1,72 @@
 '''
-grade tracking program - think through the goal up front- what is the task and design?
-needs to enable several basic functions for teachers
-needs to have login to protect the student data
+This is a grade tracking program - think through the goal up front- what is the task and design?
+needs to enable several basic functions for faculty members.
+This comment in triple quotes is called a docstring.
+It is text that explains what a code file (aka module) or function does.
+See https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/python-docstrings/
 '''
-#import libraries first
+#import libraries (aka module) first
 import statistics as s
 
 #add constants next
-admins = {'Faculty1':'ABC123','Faculty2':'ABC123'}
+admins = {'Dominic':'Thomas','Faculty2':'ABC123','Dominic':'Thomas'}
 
-#Like the admins above is a dictionary but of students. Dictionaries use curly brackets with colons to associate keys with values. In this case, each student's first name is a key. The values are lists of grades. 
-#Lists are denoted with square brackets. Values are indexed within starting with 0 for the first one. Each value is separated by commas.
+# Like the admins above is a dictionary but of students.
+# Dictionaries use curly brackets with colons to associate keys with values.
+# In this case, each student's first name is a key. The values are lists of grades.
+# Lists are denoted with square brackets.
+# Values are indexed within starting with 0 for the first one.
+# Each value is separated by commas.
 students = {'Alex':[87,88,98],
             'Sally':[88,67,93],
             'Nboke':[90,88,78]}
 
-#Now we define functions. Functions encapsulate logic into reusable recipes that can be executed whenever we need them by calling their name with parentheses.
-def enterGrades():
-    nameToEnter = input('Student name: ')
-    gradeToEnter = input('Grade: ')
-    #This checks through the keys of the students dictionary to see if the name entered exactly matches any one in there.
-    if nameToEnter in students:
-        print('Adding grade for'+nameToEnter)
-        students[nameToEnter].append(float(gradeToEnter)) #float will have a .0
-        print(str(nameToEnter)+' now has these grades:')
-        print(students[nameToEnter])
+# Now we define functions. Functions encapsulate logic into reusable recipes that can be
+# executed whenever we need them by calling their name with parentheses.
+def enter_grades():
+    '''
+    Function to input a grade for a given student.
+    '''
+    name_to_enter = input('Student name: ')
+    grade_to_enter = input('Grade: ')
+    # This checks through the keys of the students dictionary to see if the name entered
+    # exactly matches any one in there.
+    if name_to_enter in students:
+        print('Adding grade for'+name_to_enter)
+        students[name_to_enter].append(float(grade_to_enter)) #float will have a .0
+        print(str(name_to_enter)+' now has these grades:')
+        print(students[name_to_enter])
     else:
         print('Student not found. Please check your spelling or go back and add if new.')
 
-def removeStudent():
-    nameToRemove = input('Who do you want to remove? ')
-    if nameToRemove in students:
-        print('Removing '+nameToRemove)
-        del students[nameToRemove]
+def remove_student():
+    '''
+    Function to remove a specific student.
+    '''
+    name_to_remove = input('Who do you want to remove? ')
+    if name_to_remove in students:
+        print('Removing '+name_to_remove)
+        del students[name_to_remove]
         print(students)
     else:
         print('Student not found.')
 
-def averageStudents():
+def average_students():
+    '''
+    Function to average all students' grades.
+    '''
     for student in students:
         grades = students[student]
-        average = s.mean(grades) #notice the s? we imported the statistuics module as s. Thus, we are using a fucntion called "mean()" from the statistics module.
+        average = s.mean(grades) #notice the s? we imported the statistics module as s.
+        #Thus, we are using a fucntion called "mean()" from the statistics module.
         print(student,' average ',average)
 
 def main():
+    '''
+    Function to show user main menu and process option selections.
+    '''
     print("User: " + login)
-    #Here we present our main menu options once a person logs in successfully.
+    # Here we present our main menu options once a person logs in successfully.
     print("""
     Welcome to the Grade Tracker
 
@@ -59,20 +80,20 @@ def main():
     #Here we process their choice of what they want to do.
     if action == '1':
         #print('1 selected')
-        enterGrades()
+        enter_grades()
     elif action == '2':
         #print('2 selected')
-        removeStudent()
+        remove_student()
     elif action == '3':
         #print('3 selected')
-        averageStudents()
+        average_students()
     elif action == '4':
         #print('4 selected')
         exit()
     else:
         print('Valid option not selected.') #need to cause it to reprompt
 
-login = input('User: ')
+login = input('Faculty account name: ')
 
 if login in admins:
     password = input('Password: ')
@@ -84,4 +105,4 @@ def main():
     else:
         print('Invalid password.')
 else:
-    print('Invalid user.')
+    print('Invalid user.')

Diff for: 2 ksu scrape/cms_scrape.py

@@ -8,15 +8,16 @@
 source = requests.get('http://coreyms.com').text
 soup = BeautifulSoup(source, 'lxml')
 #print(soup.prettify())
-#article = soup.find('article')
+article = soup.find('article')
+#print(article)
 #method to get all
 articles = soup.find_all('article')
 #print(article.prettify())
 for article in articles:
     headline = article.h2.a.text
     print(headline)
     summary = article.find('div', class_='entry-content').p.text
-    print(summary)
+    #print(summary)
     #This try/except block handles the situation when a video is
     try:
         vid_src = article.find('iframe', class_='youtube-player')['src']
@@ -28,5 +29,5 @@
         yt_link = f'https://youtube.com/watch?v={vid_id}'
     except Exception as e:
         yt_link = None
-    print(yt_link)
-    print()
+    #print(yt_link)
+    #print()

Diff for: 2 ksu scrape/ksu_scrape.py

@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
 import requests
 import csv
 from datetime import datetime
+page = "1"
 
-
-source = requests.get('https://news.kennesaw.edu/news-releases/?&categories=news%20releases&year=2021').text
+source = requests.get('https://www.kennesaw.edu/news/news-releases/index.php?&p='&page).text
 
 soup = BeautifulSoup(source, 'lxml')
 

Diff for: 2 ksu scrape/ksu_scrape_new.py

@@ -6,48 +6,57 @@
 import csv
 from datetime import datetime
 
-#grab the basic content from a web page
-source = requests.get('https://www.kennesaw.edu/news/news-releases/index.php?&p=1').text
-#using the lxml parser to process the web page text content
-soup = BeautifulSoup(source, 'lxml')
-#create a csv file in "w" write mode so we can add content to it. 
-ksu_news_csv = open("ksu_news "+"{:%B %d, %Y}".format(datetime.now())+".csv","w")
-csv_writer = csv.writer(ksu_news_csv)
-#write the header row into our csv file
-csv_writer.writerow(["Number","Title","URL","Date"])
-#show the content of the website we retrieved so that we can find the unique tags around the content we want
-#print(soup.prettify())
-
-#blog_post = soup.find('ul',class_='two_col has_gap is_30')
-#blog_post = soup.find('div',{"id":"main"})
-blog_list = soup.find('ul',class_='blog_listing')
-#print(blog_list.prettify())
-blog_posts = blog_list.find_all('li')
-
-#print(type(blog_posts))
-#blog_posts = blog_posts.split("<li>")
+def scrape_ksu(ksu_url,page):
+    '''
+    This function is made for scraping the KSU news feed as of its redesign in August 2022.
+    '''
+    #grab the basic content from a web page
+    source = requests.get(ksu_url+page).text
+    #using the lxml parser to process the web page text content
+    soup = BeautifulSoup(source, 'lxml')
+    #create a csv file in "w" write mode so we can add content to it. 
+    ksu_news_csv = open("ksu_news_"+"{:%m_%d_%Y}".format(datetime.now())+"_p"+page+".csv","w")
+    csv_writer = csv.writer(ksu_news_csv)
+    #write the header row into our csv file
+    csv_writer.writerow(["Number","Title","URL","Date"])
+    #show the content of the website we retrieved so that we can find the unique tags around the content we want
+    #print(soup.prettify())
 
-i = 1
-for blog_post in blog_posts:
-    
-    #print(i)
-    title = blog_post.h3.text
-    #print(title)
- 
-    date = blog_post.p.text
-    date = date.strip()
-    date = date.strip('"')
-    date = date.strip()
-    #print(date)
-    
-    
-    URL = blog_post.find('a')['href']
-    #print(URL)
+    #blog_post = soup.find('ul',class_='two_col has_gap is_30')
+    #blog_post = soup.find('div',{"id":"main"})
+    blog_list = soup.find('ul',class_='blog_listing')
+    #print(blog_list.prettify())
+    blog_posts = blog_list.find_all('li')
 
-    
-    csv_writer.writerow([i,title,URL,date])
+    #print(type(blog_posts))
+    #blog_posts = blog_posts.split("<li>")
 
-    i += 1
+    i = 1
+    for blog_post in blog_posts:
+        
+        #print(i)
+        title = blog_post.h3.text
+        #print(title)
 
+        date = blog_post.p.text
+        date = date.strip()
+        date = date.strip('"')
+        date = date.strip()
+        #print(date)
+        
+        
+        URL = blog_post.find('a')['href']
+        #print(URL)
 
-ksu_news_csv.close()
+        
+        csv_writer.writerow([i,title,URL,date])
+
+        i += 1
+        
+
+    ksu_news_csv.close()
+
+i = 1
+while i < 10:
+    scrape_ksu('https://www.kennesaw.edu/news/news-releases/index.php?&p=',str(i))
+    i += 1

Diff for: 4 DB in Python/MySQL Demo/DBconnectgrades.py

@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 #root password is something you set when you install mysql on your system
 #the default may be blank; I used python123 for testing
 #BE SURE to match your password to the password you set when installing MySQL. If in doubt, try a blank password
-dbconn = my.connect (host='127.0.0.1',port=33067,user='root', password='',  db='students')
+#dbconn = my.connect (host='127.0.0.1',port=33067,user='root', password='',  db='students')
+dbconn = my.connect (host='127.0.0.1',port=3306,user='root', password='',  db='students')
 
 #print(dbconn) #This is a testing stub to make sure the connection worked. Uncomment it to use it.
 cursor = dbconn.cursor()

Diff for: 4 DB in Python/SQLite Demo/vinventory.py

@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@
 #if you code is not connecting to the DB, uncomment the next three lines and read the comments. Also, you may need \ instead of / before the DB file name in windows
 import os
 path_root = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)) #grab the file system path to the current script file
-print("Here is the PATH_ROOT",path_root)
+#print("Here is the PATH_ROOT",path_root)
 database_file_path = str(path_root)+"/myinventory.db" #construct the path to the database file (only necessary if the current working directory is not the same as the folder where this Python file is located.)
+print("HERE is the database file:", database_file_path)
 #if you uncomment the three lines above, be sure to comment out this next line
 #database_file_path = "myinventory.db"
 def create_connection(db_file):

Diff for: 6 Web Page with Flask/basic page/static/css/main.css

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ header h1.logo:hover {
 
 div.home {
   padding: 10px 0 30px 0;
-  background-color: rgb(253, 239, 11);
+  background-color: rgb(21, 252, 11);
   -webkit-border-radius: 6px;
      -moz-border-radius: 6px;
           border-radius: 6px;

Diff for: Python Absolute Beginner/def calculate_tx(item,price,tax_rate):.py

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+
+def calculate_tx(item,price,tax_rate):
+    '''Function to calculate item tax.
+    price needs to be float
+    tax_rate needs to be float
+    returns the item capitalized and the final price'''
+    if item == "alcohol":
+        tax_rate += .25
+    elif item == "cigarette":
+        tax_rate += .35
+    
+    final_price = price + (price * tax_rate)
+    return item.capitalize(), final_price
+
+
+purchase = "frog"    
+item, price = calculate_tx(purchase,3.99,.08)
+print("Here is the result:",item, round(price,2))
+purchase = "alcohol"    
+item, price = calculate_tx(purchase,3.99,.08)
+print("Here is the result:",item, round(price,2))
+purchase = "cigarette"    
+item, price = calculate_tx(purchase,3.99,.08)
+print("Here is the result:",item, round(price,2))

Diff for: Python Absolute Beginner/req_code_file_ex.py

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+print("Hello World!")
+
+message="hello programmer!"
+
+print(message)

Diff for: Python Fundamentals/bad_curl.py

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#guess what? this will not work in a regular python code file. So, how to fix?
+!curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MicrosoftLearning/intropython/master/poem1.txt -o poem1.doc