Final Project
Design and implement a web application of your own with Python and JavaScript.
Milestones
| Proposal Due | 2023-07-24T23:59:00-04:00 |
| Status Report Due | 2023-07-29T23:59:00-04:00 |
| Due | 2023-08-04T23:59:00-04:00 |
As a reminder, per the late policy in the syllabus, you may not turn in any portion of your final project late and simply have it incur the usual penalty. A late-submitted project (or portion thereof) will not be accepted at all. Furthermore, projects will not be accepted outside of Gradescope, except as outlined under the instructions for submitting your implementation at the end of this specification.
Overview
The final project is your opportunity to design and implement a dynamic website of your own. So long as your final project draws upon this course’s lessons, the nature of your website will be entirely up to you, albeit subject to the staff’s approval.
Inasmuch as software development is rarely a one-person effort, you are allowed an opportunity to collaborate with one classmate for this final project. Needless to say, it is expected that every student in any such group contribute equally to the design and implementation of that group’s project. Moreover, it is expected that the scope of a two-person group’s project be twice that of a typical one-person project. A one-person project, mind you, should still entail more time and effort than is required by any of the course’s projects, individually. Although no more than two students may design and implement a given project, you are welcome to solicit advice from others, so long as you respect the course’s policy on academic honesty.
How to Get Help
- Ask questions on Ed
- Attend office hours
- Email your teaching fellow or web-staff@cs50.harvard.edu
Requirements
In this project, you are asked to build a web application of your own. The nature of the application is up to you, subject to a few requirements:
- Your web application must utilize Django (including at least one model) on the back-end and JavaScript on the front-end.
- Your web application must be mobile-responsive.
- In a
READMEfile (whose extension can be.txt,.md,.adoc, or.pdf) in your project’s main directory, include a full write-up describing your project, what’s contained in each file you created, why you made certain design decisions, and any other additional information the staff should know about your project. This document should be sufficiently thorough for your teaching fellow to run your project without any need to contact you further with questions. Take your time, and do not save this step for last. A well-written and completeREADMEfile will take longer than you think it will. - If you’ve added any Python packages that need to be installed in order to run your web application, be sure to add them to a
requirements.txtfile! - You will need to prepare a short video (that’s no more than 3 minutes in length) in which you present your project to the world, as with slides, screenshots, voiceover, and/or live action, ideally with you yourself appearing in the video. Your video should somehow include your project’s title and any other details that you’d like to convey to viewers. See CS171’s tips on how to make a “screencast” though you’re welcome to use a phone or actual camera. Upload your video to YouTube as “public” or “unlisted” and include the URL of the video in your README.md file. Beyond these requirements, the design, look, and feel of the website are up to you!
Proposal
Gradescope will not permit you to upload your proposal until 2023-07-19T00:00:00-04:00.
Before you begin working on your project, the proposal is an opportunity for you to run your idea or ideas by the teaching staff. In the proposal, you will describe your project and define your milestones.
Your project may be an extension to Projects 1, 2, 3, or 4, so long as that extension is approximately equivalent in scope to the original project itself and is ultimately approved by your teaching fellow. You are, of course, also welcome to create an entirely new web application for your final project.
Your teaching fellow may approve your project, or request modifications. You may begin working on your final project immediately, but know that your teaching fellow may request changes to ensure your project is of sufficient scope. Feel free to use the proposal as an opportunity to ask any questions you may have about the final project as well. Your proposal, and subsequent adherence thereto, will be the basis upon which your project’s correctness and design are primarily assessed.
Complete the below no later than By 2023-07-24T23:59:00-04:00:
- Go to CSCI S-33a’s Gradescope page.
- Click Final Project: Proposal.
- Complete the questions there and submit.
You should see a message that says “Final Project: Proposal submitted successfully!” Contact your teaching fellow if not!
If you are collaborating with other students, it is incumbent on one member of the group to submit on behalf of everyone in the group (and everyone in the group is responsible for confirming they have a submission on file by the deadline).
Status Report
Gradescope will not permit you to upload your status report until after the due date for the Proposal has passed.
Complete the below no later than By 2023-07-29T23:59:00-04:00.:
- Go to CSCI S-33a’s Gradescope page.
- Click Final Project: Status Report.
- Complete the questions there and submit.
You should see a message that says “Final Project: Status Report submitted successfully!” Contact your teaching fellow if not!
If you are collaborating with other students, it is incumbent on one member of the group to submit on behalf of everyone in the group (and everyone in the group is responsible for confirming they have a submission on file by the deadline).
Implementation
Gradescope will not permit you to upload your implementation until after the due date for the Status Report has passed.
The deadline for completing the below is 2023-08-04T23:59:00-04:00.:
How to Submit
Gradescope does have a soft file size limit when uploading (if it times out, Gradescope will reject it). We recommend your ZIP be no larger than 15MB if at all possible; you can probably help trend it in this direction by, if needed, omitting any large assets like images and any datasets that your project requires. At an absolute minimum, and only if none of the above options work, you may upload just your README.md file to Gradescope. Ultimately you must have something uploaded to Gradescope before the deadline for your project to be accepted. You can then share the remainder of your project directly with your TF out of band of Gradescope (e.g. via GitHub, Dropbox, e-mail, or Google Drive.)
- Download a ZIP file containing your implementation of the final project.
- Go to CSCI S-33a’s Gradescope page.
- Click Final Project: Implementation.
- Drag and drop your ZIP file to the area that says “Drag & Drop”.
- Click Upload.
You should see a message that says “Final Project: Implementation submitted successfully!” Contact your teaching fellow if not!
If you are collaborating with other students, it is incumbent on one member of the group to submit on behalf of everyone in the group (and everyone in the group is responsible for confirming they have a submission on file by the deadline).