• MikeHockempalz [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    I'm a dumbass at computers but I'm gonna try to figure out how to scrape data from Wikipedia and Google maps to build an app where you give it your location and the name of a famous artist and it tells you where the closest work by that artist is to you. Tbh I'm kinda surprised it doesn't already exist

      • MikeHockempalz [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        Unfortunately the only program I know well enough to do it in is excel, which I'm sure is not the right tool for the job. But like I said I know nothing about programming and whatnot so it's gonna be a learning process

        • DeathToBritain [she/her, they/them]
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          3 years ago

          honestly, python is super easy. and I'm not some programmer saying that, I didn't know shit about anything programming related and sat down and decided to make some little test games with it.

          there is so much documentation, and tutorial wikis, videos,and people tend to know it well so you can even ask around places like here. it's a good skill to learn and that project sounds a cool way to do it via trying to make something

          • MikeHockempalz [he/him]
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            3 years ago

            Word, I was thinking python was probably the way to do the scraping and you just confirmed it for me. I'm gonna pull the trigger on this and actually commit to a project for once, so thank you for the encouragement!

    • gofer300 [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      It probably won't help you much but you can download the whole wkipedia

      Also since you said you mainly know excel you might be interested in the Apps Script, it allows you to build some cool apps using google sheets and their other services. It uses Java Script which probably isn't the best choice for starting with coding but just an option for you to consider.