UW Course Planner

Web App with schedule visualization, recursive prerequisite tree generation and keyword search for courses offered at the University of Washington (UW).

Check out http://alexeidt.pythonanywhere.com/ for a live demo!

Always make sure to check the actual prerequisites for any course before making a decision on which course to take!

Scripts

Script	Purpose
`app.py`	Runs the Flask Application on the localhost. Alternatively go to alexeidt.pythonanywhere.com to see the same site.
`create_tree.py`	Creates Prerequisite Trees. Not runnable by itself.
`schedule.py`	Creates an Organized Time Schedule for the courses offered for the current quarter at UW.

UW Course Catalogs

Bothell
Seattle
Tacoma

UW Time Schedules

Bothell
Seattle
Tacoma

Prerequisite Tree

A prerequisite tree for any course offered at the UW can be created as a PNG file or in the console (see below). The prerequisite tree for EE235 as a PNG is shown below.

All courses at the same 'level' in the tree are the same color. Courses with the same shape at the end of the arrow indicate that ONE of those courses is enough to statisfy the prerequisite requirement.

Department Tree

A graph showing the prerequisite connections of all courses in the same department gives a good overview of the department as a whole.

MyMap

The UW Course Tool can show you all combinations of course sections at UW that do not overlap. All three UW Campuses are included.

Flask Application

There is an option to run this application on a server and to generate prerequisite trees on the web. In order to run the Flask application on the localhost open the Command Line and cd into the directory where the application is stored. Once there input the following command:

python app.py

Then open the following link to access the website: http://127.0.0.1:5000/

Alternatively, go to the live demo at: alexeidt.pythonanywhere.com

Requirements/Dependencies

Python 3.6+

Install Requirements with

pip install -r requirements.txt

The directory for the application is structured according to the diagram below:

static
    Images
        Images used for website
    Prerequisite_Trees
        All generated Prerequisite Trees
    JavaScript
        All JavaScript files for each HTML file in 'templates'
    UW_Time_Schedules
        Organized_Time_Schedules
            All offered courses with quiz/lab/studio sections assigned to their respective lecture
        All Time Schedules for each UW Campus
templates
    All HTML files

In order for the visual representation with Graphviz to work, Graphviz must be downloaded. Once downloaded go to create_tree.py. and change the System Path under GRAPHVIZ PATH SETUP Make sure to add the bin folder of the downloaded Graphviz folder to the end of the system path.

# --------------------------GRAPHVIZ PATH SETUP-------------------------- #
os.environ["PATH"] += os.pathsep + [FILE PATH TO GRAPHVIZ bin FOLDER] 
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------- #

'Graphviz Executables not on system Path' Error

If this error comes up try:

pip install graphviz

followed by:

conda install graphviz

If the error persists:

MAC

brew install graphviz

Ubuntu

sudo apt-get install graphviz

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