Phase 3 Deliverable

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My Contributions

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This phase, I focused on building the API routes and frontend of the site, particularly the routes for the landing page, feed, and model predictions, and the frontend for the feed.

API Route Planning

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With Sean, we mapped out all of the routes that we would need for our web app, which we’ve been referencing as a working list of routes to implement. This has really helped us with making blueprints too, as we’re able to more easily divide the routes and divvy up work. I also did much of the work for putting together the REST API Matrix.

Route Implementation

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Landing Page

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Collaborating with Paulo, who made the initial frontend of the landing page, I created the GET route to get the user information and cache it in the user’s session state. I then connected this to the fronetend.

Feed

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One of the more time-consuming routes, I implemented the GET route to populate a user’s feed with posts. This included adding parameters for filtering and sorting posts. Working with Sean, who made the PUT and DELETE requests for when a user upvotes and unupvotes a post, I made the remaining PUT and DELETE requests for downvotes, endorsements, and bookmarks. Using all of these routes, I made the frontend for the feed and connected it to the routes.

Model Prediction Generation

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Finally, I created the route to generate model predictions for both the feed and the data playground, which involved a lot of communication with Sam, who made the model prediction python function, and Sean, who made the data playground frontend. I also needed to wrangle a lot of data, such as setting up the model weights and describe metrics for the database.

Reflection outside of the project

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This past week was a lot of work, but I still managed to go to Liege, which was a lot of fun and I got the best waffle I’ve ever had.