My Project
I probably already said this, but I am on the Cloud-Based Algorithmic Trading Strategies for Individual Investors team. I’d say we are making pretty good progress on our individual sections. The next step is integrating everyone’s work together to have a complete product. For the final week, I have been working on displaying historical market data in an interactive graph. It has taken more time than I anticipated, so I may not have time to integrate backtesting into the UI just yet. Overall, I am proud of my teams progress and I am learning so much!
New Technologies
I originally designed our UI using Javascript, HTML, and CSS. Then I discovered Plotly Dash, a Python library for building data apps. I did some research and decided this would be the better choice for our project because it would be easier to integrate with the backend (which is all coded using python). It took a little while to understand Dash, especially callbacks, but once I got the hang of it I liked how it worked.
Internship Search
I am still applying for internships and hoping to enter the MECOP program. I went to the MECOP career fair a couple of weeks ago and got to talk to 22 company representatives, which was really cool and pushed me out of my comfort zone. Fingers crossed it went well!
Feedback on the course
Overall, I have enjoyed this course so much. It is my first glimpse into what it is like working with a larger team to build a full-stack application. However, I wish we had more time on v0.0.02 because I would like to add more before next term.