Stock Portfolio Project
Hey everyone! My name is Pranav, and I’ve recently taken up a coding bootcamp from UC Berkeley. Throughout my life, I’ve always had an interest in code development. However, I’ve only ever done courses and assignments. Going into this summer break, I wanted to start engaging in coding projects with other group members and experience what office life would be like, which is why I decided to join the bootcamp.
Recently, my team and I worked on our first ever project! All of us have a keen interest in finance and stocks, so we explored ideas pertaining to business. After long hours of searching, we outlined a problem that all of us regularly face — gathering and understanding current stock information. Using this problem as our idea, we engineered a financial website that conveniently displays important stock information based on the user’s preference. We call it Stocking — because why not.
As mentioned before, the main purpose of the website is to display stocks. But that’s not all it does. Our website has multiple functionalities, such as presenting the latest high and low prices of each stock, outlining the current trajectory of the company’s stock, and highlighting previous closing prices. Furthermore, the website allows users to compare the stock prices of different companies, and analyze which stock is best suited for their investment. And just for kicks, we decided to add a news bulletin displaying the latest trending news in the business world.
So how exactly did we create this phenomenon? Well, we implemented what we learned so far in the course — HTML, CSS, Javascript, and jQuery. We even decided to add in API’s to regularly fetch the latest stocks, so that we don’t have to manually update the webpage everyday. These API’s, namely ‘accounting.js’ and ‘chart.js’ gave us the tools we needed to build the website, like the cool chart and the fancy news boxes.
Overall, I had a really great time developing this project to fruition. My teammates were wonderful to work with, and hopefully we can collaborate on other projects in the future. If you want to check out our website, follow the link below: