Peng Dong, Von Garcia, Swan Htet, Kaitlin Zhang
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ITERATION ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
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Now scraping used car listings from four sources using Puppeteer, with automated loading into Postgres database using Node-Cron.
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Implemented automatic caching of prior user searches and used car images for faster load.
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Created Custom SQL query builder for user to compose advanced queries, aggregating and comparing prices, models, mileage, and stats across multiple sites. Filter and order by price or year.
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Created Car Recommender based on priorities: safety, price, luxury/style.
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Implemented authentication, user schemas and Postgres tables, ability to save user searches. Roadmap for next features: ML recommendation engine for used cars according to user searches.
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Improved UI with React Materialized Views, React Router, navigation and page structure.
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Implemented chatbot for iteracting with user and suggesting car brands based on user preferences.