Project 6: Dutch Trains web app.

Project 6: Dutch Trains web app. (code available on Github) Scope: Create a web app based on the Dutch iPhone app “Trein.” The app will display current train disruptions, and current departure times for selected train stations. All of the information is drawn from the API provided by the Dutch rail service, NS (Nederlandse Spoorwegen): http://www.ns.nl/api/api For […]

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Project 5: Shakespeare Sentiment Analysis.

Project 5: Shakespeare Sentiment Analysis. (code available on Github) Scope: Use the existing Node.js / Express / sentiment scaffolding from Project 4 to perform sentiment analysis on the top six speakers in a selected Shakespeare play. You can read more about the sentiment module and sentiment analysis in the write-up for Project 4. What I Learned: Server-side […]

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Project 4: Twitter Sentiment Analysis

Project 4: Twitter Sentiment Analysis (code available on Github) Scope: Build a Node.js project that uses the twit and sentiment modules to perform sentiment analysis on a set of tweets containing a given piece of text. A few notes on the sentiment module (quoting from its github page):  it is “a Node.js module that uses the AFINN-111 wordlist to perform sentiment […]

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