Ticker will be a simple Python app that, when executed, will ask for a stock symbol. It will then open search pages in several pre-specified websites.
- zacks.com
- finviz.com
- openinsider.com
- earningswhispers.com
- shortsqueeze.com
- insidercow.com -- This one could be tricky. Due to how the site works I can't build the search url. I am ignoring this one for now.
To do this project I am going to need to learn a couple new things.
I will need to build a simple ui. I am currently using tkinter to do this. I may do some research on other options.
I will also need to learn how to package this up into an executable. I plan to use pyinstaller for that. As part of this I will also need to make a Mac version. I may need either access to a Mac computer or a VM to run Mac OS on my computer.
List of blog posts, websites, or other resources consulted while making this.
- https://docs.python.org/3/faq/gui.html#id5
- https://docs.python.org/3/library/tk.html#tkinter
- http://effbot.org/tkinterbook/tkinter-hello-again.htm
- https://gist.github.com/ajfigueroa/c2af555630d1db3efb5178ece728b017
- https://sukhbinder.wordpress.com/2014/12/25/an-example-of-model-view-controller-design-pattern-with-tkinter-python/
- https://github.com/python-programmer/kivy-simple-mvc-template
- https://docs.python.org/3.7/library/configparser.html
- https://martin-thoma.com/configuration-files-in-python/
- http://buklijas.info/blog/2018/01/01/always-start-with-simple-solution/