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https://github.com/giridharrnair/profstatsutd

📚 Source code for the ProfStats UTD chrome extension, a quick and easy way to view UT Dallas professor ratings and grade distributions.
https://github.com/giridharrnair/profstatsutd

chrome-extension gin gin-gonic go golang ratemyprofessors react sqlite utd utdgrades vite vitejs-react

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📚 Source code for the ProfStats UTD chrome extension, a quick and easy way to view UT Dallas professor ratings and grade distributions.

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ProfStatsUTD





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ProfStats is a handy Chrome extension with 100+ users, merging professor ratings and grade distributions at the University of Texas at Dallas for simplified access to course information for students.



## Frontend Overview



[![Vite](https://img.shields.io/badge/Powered_by-Vite-646CFF?style=for-the-badge&logo=vite)](https://vitejs.dev/)

[![React](https://img.shields.io/badge/Powered_by-React-61DAFB?style=for-the-badge&logo=react)](https://reactjs.org/)

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The front end ensures a streamlined interface with features like backend performance optimization, client-side validation for data accuracy, and [CRXJS](https://crxjs.dev/vite-plugin/) for Chrome extension hot module reloading during development.



### Deployment



GitHub Actions automates staging on the Chrome Web Store upon new Github version releases, utilizing the [Chrome-Webstore-Upload-Action](https://github.com/fregante/chrome-webstore-upload). While manual review submission is required, the uploading process is fully automated.



## Backend Overview



[![Go](https://img.shields.io/badge/Powered_by-Go-00ADD8?style=for-the-badge&logo=go)](https://golang.org/)

[![Python](https://img.shields.io/badge/Powered_by-Python-3776AB?style=for-the-badge&logo=python)](https://www.python.org/)

[![SQLite](https://img.shields.io/badge/Database-SQLite-003B57?style=for-the-badge&logo=sqlite)](https://www.sqlite.org/index.html)

[![Docker](https://img.shields.io/badge/Containerized_with-Docker-2496ED?style=for-the-badge&logo=docker)](https://www.docker.com/)

[![Azure](https://img.shields.io/badge/Hosted_on-Azure-0089D6?style=for-the-badge&logo=microsoft-azure)](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/)



Utilizing the Golang Gin framework, the backend fetches ratings from the Rate My Professor GraphQL API and queries aggregated grade distribution from an SQLite database.



### Database



The database is dynamically generated by a Python script in `db_setup` before the backend server is started, using only Python's standard library and the grade distributions in `raw_data`.



> [!NOTE]  

> The grade distributions in `raw_data` are from the [UTD Grades](https://github.com/acmutd/utd-grades/tree/master/raw_data) repository



### Deployment



Dockerized and deployed on the Azure Web App Service after running the Python scripts that generate and test the SQLite database, using GitHub Actions for CI/CD.



## Local Development



Make sure you have the following software installed on your machine:



-   Node.js

-   Golang

-   Python



### Steps:



1. **Clone the repository:**



    ```bash

    git clone https://github.com/GiridharRNair/ProfStatsUTD

    ```



2. **Navigate to the project directory:**



    ```bash

    cd ProfStatsUTD

    ```



3. **Install dependencies:**



    ```bash

    npm run install-packages

    ```

    > This command installs the dependencies for the go backend and the react frontend



4. **Start the server and extension concurrently:**



    ```bash

    npm run dev

    ```

    > This project uses the `concurrently` npm package to run the server and extension concurrently



5. **Enable Developer Mode in Chrome:**



    - Navigate to `chrome://extensions/`.

    - Enable Developer Mode.



6. **Load the extension:**



    - Unpack the `dist` folder.

    - Start using the extension for seamless testing and development.



Please feel free to open an issue or submit a pull request if you have any suggestions or feedback.