Create Web Scraping Tutorial

[ryanmswan]

Overview

Update the Web Scraping with resources and an article header.

Action Items

• [x] Create a Google Doc in the folder provided under resources
  • [x] Draft an introductory paragraph explaining what the tutorial resources cover and why a new data scientist would use them for working with data at Hack For LA
  • [x] Identify resources with vetted tutorials covering important skills within the tutorial area, adding to the draft
• [x] Review the draft with the Data Science CoP
• [x] Add to the wiki page

Resources/Instructions

Wiki page

Web Scraping Tutorial

Location for any files you might need to upload (drafts, images, etc.)

• Folder for files related to the Web Scraping tutorial
  • DS: Web Scraping Tutorial Google Doc

Tools that are core that should be mentioned:

• Python
• Selenium
• BeautifulSoup
• Requests

Consider linking to these videos Sophia made

Examples of resources that would be useful to include:

• Web how-to/tutorial/walk-throughs
• Youtube playlists or videos demonstrating tools
• Links to blogs or platforms with subject matter experts

[akhaleghi]

Hey @henrykaplan , are you still working on this tutorial or should we put it back in the backlog to have someone else pick it up?

[ExperimentsInHonesty]

Henry said at the meeting he is going to start this on 2022-05-02 with anticipated ETA of 2022-05-12

[akhaleghi]

Hey @henrykaplan is the ETA for this web scraping still today (5/12/22)?

[henrykaplan]

@akhaleghi No, I've been prioritizing it below the SEIE work. I can aim to have this by May 26 or we could reassign it if that would be faster.

[akhaleghi]

@henrykaplan Just checking in for a weekly update. Is this tutorial still on track for 5/26?

[henrykaplan]

@akhaleghi Yup, still on track for 5/26

[henrykaplan]

I've added the section we talked about in the May 26 meeting, recommendations for web scraping responsibly. The draft is ready to review.

[henrykaplan]

I've also taken APIs out of the description of the issue - that's a big enough topic that it should probably have its own tutorial.

[parcheesime]

Hello @henrykaplan, I'm new to HFLA and glad to be here, Abe invited me to this project. I read the doc and thought I could build on it by making quick how-to-video- tutorials from simple to more complex, I'd keep them around 10 minutes. Let me know if/how we can use it. Here's the code I am working on and I'll give updates on videos too.

[henrykaplan]

Hello @henrykaplan,

I'm new to HFLA and glad to be here, Abe invited me to this project. I read the doc and thought I could build on it by making quick how-to-video- tutorials from simple to more complex, I'd keep them around 10 minutes. Let me know if/how we can use it. Here's the code I am working on and I'll give updates on videos too.

That sounds great to me!

[parcheesime]

Hello @ryanmswan and @henrykaplan

Here's an update on the code I am working for code review. Part 1 and part of Part 2 are done. For now, these tutorials will only focus on Python and its packages, as referred to in the documentation.

[henrykaplan]

I've put the writeup on the wiki page. @parcheesime Feel free to add links & descriptions for your videos and code examples when you're ready.

@akhaleghi Should we close this issue, and create a new issue for the videos and working examples? Let me know.

[parcheesime]

I'm almost finished with the code for the tutorial @ryanmswan and @akhaleghi, I just have one more that I'd like to do then I'll start recording. HERE are the notebooks for code review.

[parcheesime]

Could anyone please review the tutorials before I record. HERE are the notebooks for code review.