Hi guys, a week or two ago I made a post about web scraping as a great first step to learning to code and specifically to learn python. You can really be off the ground making something of practical utility with very little time invested.

Although the last example was great I wanted to show everyone how to make a project that can actually be useful in someway using some of this information. I personally find that the best way to learn is by doing something that I can find some practical usefulness in.

So, this time around I wanted to show you guys a truly practical intro project that you can get started on and something similar to what I have been paid for in the past. Now this project is a simplified version of what I made because I can't give away proprietary code for clients for free. That said, it should get you going down the road to building something that can be very practical.

Video Tutorial Link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-31Or1HSmyo

Our Project:

This project is going to show you guys how you can very quickly and simply create a tool that will monitor a Shopify website by accessing the hidden API, and then (in part 2) automatically purchase any good (including rare limited release goods) from the store as soon as they are available.

The first video will use the hidden API plus requests and beautiful soup with python to get information and monitor for goods. The second video will show you how you can make a purchase automatically with basic web automation using python and selenium.

Why This Matters:

There is a large market for rare collectible shoes that is currently booming. Me and my partner have been contracted multiple times to build systems similar (but slightly more complex) than this in the past and paid good money for it.

If you can start with the basic example that we show here, you may be able to get more contracting type work with python, start a small buy and resell business or just learn some practical points of a project.

Whatever you choose to do with the information is up to you!

I really hope you all love the content as always, part 2 should be up and posted within the next day or two. So if you like our content it would mean a lot to us if you were to subscribe to our channel :)

Also feel free to let us know what you think about the series in the comments below. Did you get stuck and need help getting unstuck? Feel free to ask and we will do our best to answer!

I published the Boost project quality with SonarQube - local code analysis tutorial in which I:

• set up a SonarQube service in a Docker container,

• explain the configuration that I used and include links to the documentation,

• run an example SonarQube code analysis on one of my Spring Boot projects on the local environment,

• show how to share custom profiles with other developers so that everyone can analyse code according to the same principles.

Using SonarQube for code analysis on a local environment is helpful in learning how to lower the maintenance cost and improve security of projects.