Finance: A Full-Stack Web App to Simulate Trading of Stocks

Technologies Used

Finance utilizes the following technologies:

• Python: The programming language used to build the backend logic of the web application.
• Flask: A micro web framework in Python used for creating web routes and handling HTTP requests.
• Jinja: A templating engine that allows embedding Python code within HTML templates to generate dynamic web pages.
• Bootstrap: A popular CSS framework used for styling the web application, providing a responsive and visually appealing design.
• SQL: Structured Query Language is used for managing the database that stores user information, stock data, and transactions.

Summary

Finance allows users to register, buy and sell stocks, and manage their stock portfolios. The application retrieves real-time stock prices from an API and uses a database to store user information and transaction history. It provides an interactive and user-friendly interface to simulate stock trading.

How to Run

To run Finance, follow these steps:

1. Clone this repository to your local machine.
2. Navigate to the project directory using the command line.
3. Activate a virtual environment by running the command: python3 -m venv .venv.
4. Select the virtual environment as the active workspace.
5. Install the project dependencies by running the command: pip install -r requirements.txt.
6. Set the Flask environment variable by running the command: export FLASK_APP=application.py.
7. Configure and export your API key as per the provided instructions.
8. Run the command: flask run to start the application on your localhost.

Content

The navigation bar of the Finance web application includes the following links:

• Register: Allows users to create a new account.
• Quote: Allows users to retrieve the current price and information for a specific stock.
• Buy: Enables users to buy stocks by specifying the symbol and quantity.
• Index: Takes users to the homepage, where they can see an overview of their portfolio and current stock prices.
• Sell: Allows users to sell stocks from their portfolio.
• History: Shows the transaction history for the user, including the date, stock, and quantity bought or sold.
• User: Provides a personalized touch by allowing users tprobo change their own password.