Format

• UpLevel's popular code-along style
• Session sizes limited to 30 students to ensure individualized attention
• Held online (over Zoom), recordings of each session will be made available to attendees

What You'll Learn

Session 1: Scraping static websites (11 May)

• Use BeautifulSoup and the requests library to scrape basic static websites
• Clean and organize the scraped data into DataFrames
• Practice thinking in terms of HTML DOM

Session 2: Intermediate data collection (18 May)

• Combine requests and web development knowledge to perform data collection
• Acquire data from popular e-commerce sites such as Zalora, Lazada, Carousell, Shopee, etc.
• Learn strategies to identify key sources of data on a platform to make data collection easier and more efficient
• Organize JSON files into DataFrames

Session 3: Scraping dynamic/advanced websites (25 May)

• Use Selenium, a testing tool with multiple uses
• Scrape information from dynamic or hard-to-scrape websites such as a public Facebook group
• Learn strategies to make data collection easier, faster, and simpler while tackling common pesky challenges in scraping dynamic sites
• Clean dirty scraped data into neat DataFrames

How to Sign Up

2 Options

1. Purchase a ticket for all 3 sessions at $50. If you are purchasing a ticket for all 3 sessions, please select "11 May" and make the purchase only once.
2. Purchase individual session tickets at $20 each. Select the date that corresponds to the session you wish to attend, then make the purchase.

Datanaut Exclusive

• 20% off (use the discount code sent to your email address; please contact rachel@uplevel.work if you have not received it)

NB: Tickets sold are strictly non-refundable. All ticket prices are subject to tax and the Eventbrite processing fee.

About the Instructor

Jackie is co-founder and chief instructor of UpLevel. He was previously chief academic officer of UpCode Academy and has taught over 500 students in Python and data science. He holds a PhD in applied machine learning. He strongly believes in project-based learning, where students get to do end-to-end projects and build real data product prototypes.

In real-world experience, he has assisted regional MNCs and SMEs in their digital transformation, including the design of a P2P algorithm for the unbanked population in SEA. He is also an international speaker on entrepreneurship and AI. Prior to UpLevel, Jackie was co-founder of InsurTech startup fundMyLife, which made use of deep learning to match consumers with financial advisors. He has also been awarded Forbes 30 under 30, among other accolades.