CS Class Finder

Interactive tool for finding introductory computer science classes available to high school students in the San Francisco Bay Area, plus online courses from US institutions.

Features

• 20 curated Bay Area programs (dual enrollment, summer programs, camps, nonprofits)
• Live web search that fetches additional online CS courses at build time
• Keyword search ranked by relevance
• Filter by format (Online / In-Person / Hybrid) or cost (free only)
• Recommended picks for absolute beginners

Setup

Requires Python 3 and GCC.

# Create the virtual environment and install dependencies (one time)
python3 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
pip install requests beautifulsoup4

Build and Run

make && ./cs_finder

make automatically:

1. Runs fetch_courses.py to search the web for online CS courses
2. Generates a fresh cs_classes_data.h with static Bay Area entries + newly found online courses
3. Compiles cs_finder from C

Files

File	Description
cs_finder.c	Main interactive program (C)
cs_classes_data.h	Auto-generated course database
fetch_courses.py	Web scraper that generates the header file
Makefile	Build system — runs fetch then compile

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License — see the LICENSE file for details.