Hello! My name is Rick and I am in search for gig as a developer :)
This past December I finished up a year long study with a full-stack school in NYC called Codeimmersives. We explored HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and how to build applications using the MERN stack. I learned about class-based components, passing props around (prop-drilling) and utilizing the component lifecycle(componentWillMount, componentDidMount, etc). After learning class based components, we moved on to functional based components using hooks, custom hooks, and different ways to manage state, such as the useContext and Redux APIs. (This is just a brief overview of the technologies I studied over the past year). Currently I am enrolled at devCodeCamp learning the basics of Python. I am documenting my journey by sharing these blog posts. Please help me out by dropping a comment below on what you think!
I spent my time refactoring the code I had written for this same problem yesterday. I'm still puzzled on why values repeat in the provide_random_item_from_list() function.
DAY TRIP GENERATOR
Learning Objective
Use and practice Python fundamentals, with an emphasis on Single Responsibility.
Technologies
Python
User Stories
Total Unweighted Project Points: /70
Total Weighted Project Points: /10
(5 points): As a developer, I want to make at least three commits with descriptive messages.
(5 points): As a developer, I want to store my destinations, restaurants, mode of transportation, and entertainments in their own separate lists.
(5 points): As a user, I want a destination to be randomly selected for my day trip.
(5 points): As a user, I want a restaurant to be randomly selected for my day trip.
(5 points): As a user, I want a mode of transportation to be randomly selected for my day trip.
(5 points): As a user, I want a form of entertainment to be randomly selected for my day trip.
(15 points): As a user, I want to be able to randomly re-select a destination, restaurant, mode of transportation, and/or form of entertainment if I don’t like one or more of those things.
(10 points): As a user, I want to be able to confirm that my day trip is “complete” once I like all of the random selections.
(10 points): As a user, I want to display my completed trip in the console.
(5 points): As a developer, I want all of my functions to have a Single Responsibility. Remember, each function should do just one thing!
import random
destination_list = ['New York', 'Paris', 'Oslo', 'Dublin', 'Tokyo', 'St Thomas']
restaurant_list = ['Italian Restaurant', 'Sushi Restaurant',
'Burger Restaurant', 'Pizza Restaurant', 'Greek Restaurant', 'Caribbean Restaurant']
transportation_list = ['Train', 'Car', 'Motorcycle',
'Helicopter', 'Limo', 'Monster truck', 'Air balloon']
entertainment_list = ['Broadway show', 'Movie', 'Miniature golf',
'Opera music', 'live jazz', 'Videogame and beer place', 'Petting zoo']
def greet_and_get_user_input():
print("Welcome to the Day Trip Generator! If you aren't sure what to do for your trip, you have come to the right place!")
destination = provide_random_item_from_list(destination_list)
destination_chosen = get_user_input(destination_list,
destination, 'destination')
transportation = provide_random_item_from_list(transportation_list)
transportation_chosen = get_user_input(transportation_list,
transportation, 'transportation')
restaurant = provide_random_item_from_list(restaurant_list)
restaurant_chosen = get_user_input(restaurant_list,
restaurant, 'restaurant')
entertainment = provide_random_item_from_list(entertainment_list)
entertainment_chosen = get_user_input(entertainment_list,
entertainment, 'entertainment')
choices_object = {
'destination': destination_chosen,
'transportation': transportation_chosen,
'restaurant': restaurant_chosen,
'entertainment': entertainment_chosen
}
finalize_transaction(choices_object)
def provide_random_item_from_list(selected_list, previous_element=''):
print('#####',previous_element)
index = random.randrange(0, len(selected_list))
new_element = selected_list[index]
while previous_element == new_element:
index = random.randrange(0, len(selected_list))
new_element = selected_list[index]
return new_element
def get_user_input(list_to_choose_from, selection_from_list, type_of_selection, alt_message_bool=False):
if alt_message_bool == False:
user_input = input(
f'We have selected {selection_from_list} for your {type_of_selection}! Does this sound good? y/n: ')
if alt_message_bool == False:
if user_input == 'y':
return selection_from_list
else:
new_selection_from_list = provide_random_item_from_list(
list_to_choose_from, selection_from_list)
return get_user_input(list_to_choose_from, new_selection_from_list, type_of_selection, True)
if alt_message_bool == True:
new_selection_from_list = provide_random_item_from_list(
list_to_choose_from, selection_from_list)
user_input = input(
f'Oh sorry, you do not like this {type_of_selection}. No worries, we can try something else! How about {new_selection_from_list}? Does this sound good? y/n: ')
if alt_message_bool == True:
if user_input == 'y':
return new_selection_from_list
else:
new_selection_from_list = provide_random_item_from_list(
list_to_choose_from, new_selection_from_list)
return get_user_input(list_to_choose_from, new_selection_from_list, type_of_selection, True)
def finalize_transaction(choices_obj):
new_line = '\n'
destination_chosen = choices_obj['destination']
transportation_chosen = choices_obj['transportation']
restaurant_chosen = choices_obj['restaurant']
entertainment_chosen = choices_obj['entertainment']
print(
f'Awesome! Glad that was decided! Lets move on!{new_line}Congrats! We have completed you trip. Now lets confirm everything.')
print(
f'The trip we generated for you is:{new_line}Destination: {destination_chosen}')
print(f'Transportation: {transportation_chosen}')
print(f'Restaurant: {restaurant_chosen}')
print(f'Entertainment: {entertainment_chosen}')
finalize = input(f'Are you satisfyied with these choices? y/n: ')
if finalize == 'y':
handle_final_message(choices_obj)
else:
handle_modify_booking(choices_obj)
def handle_modify_booking(choices_obj):
new_line = '\n'
print(
f'Oh, so which would you like to modify? {new_line} a: destination {new_line} b: transportation {new_line} c: entertainment {new_line} d: restaurant {new_line}')
user_input = input('Please provide answer here ( a b c OR d ): ')
if user_input == 'a':
destination_chosen = get_user_input(destination_list,
choices_obj['destination'], 'destination', True)
choices_obj['destination'] = destination_chosen
return finalize_transaction(choices_obj)
elif user_input == 'b':
transportation_chosen = get_user_input(transportation_list,
choices_obj['transportation'], 'transportation', True)
choices_obj['transportation'] = transportation_chosen
finalize_transaction(choices_obj)
elif user_input == 'c':
entertainment_chosen = get_user_input(entertainment_list,
choices_obj['entertainment'], 'entertainment', True)
choices_obj['entertainment'] = entertainment_chosen
finalize_transaction(choices_obj)
elif user_input == 'd':
restuarant_chosen = get_user_input(restaurant_list,
choices_obj['restaurant'], 'restaurant', True)
choices_obj['restaurant'] = restuarant_chosen
finalize_transaction(choices_obj)
def handle_final_message(choices_obj):
destination_chosen = choices_obj['destination']
transportation_chosen = choices_obj['transportation']
restaurant_chosen = choices_obj['restaurant']
entertainment_chosen = choices_obj['entertainment']
print(
f'Prepare for a wonderful trip we booked for you! You will be arriving to {destination_chosen} by {transportation_chosen} where you will spend the day checking out {entertainment_chosen}.')
print(
f'When you are hungry you will have directions to the {restaurant_chosen} we picked out for you.')
print('Thank you for booking with us and enjoy your stay!')
print('Arbitrary explanation mark !')
print('This time two!!')
greet_and_get_user_input()
