Prepatory work
If you would like to be one step ahead, the Stella command team recommends that you brush up on your API intergration Skills. Maybe look at frameworks such as FastAPI. Here are some really useful miniprojects to get your hands into and some useful links:
Prepatory work
If you would like to be one step ahead, the Stella command team recommends that you brush up on your API intergration Skills. Maybe look at frameworks such as FastAPI. Here are some really usefull miniprojects to get your hands into to prep you:Here are 10 fun API integration challenges for students, with links to each challenge:
OpenWeatherMap API: Create an app that displays current weather and forecasts. Learn to fetch and parse JSON. OpenWeatherMap API
News API: Build a news aggregator that filters stories by category or region. Practice API keys and data organization. News API
The Dog API: Show random dog images and facts by breed. A fun way to enhance data fetching skills. The Dog API
Chuck Norris Jokes API: Add humor by fetching random jokes. Great for learning API calls and dynamic content. Chuck Norris Jokes API
Random User API: Generate random user profiles to sharpen data handling and UI design. Random User API
REST Countries API: Explore country data—capitals, currencies, languages—and build a world explorer app. REST Countries API
Pokémon API: Create a mini Pokédex to search Pokémon by name or number. Learn pagination and data visualization. Pokémon API
Thunkable: Develop cross-platform apps with seamless API integration, including GraphQL. Thunkable
Backendless: A Backend-as-a-Service tool for serverless API automation. Build projects without backend complexity. Backendless
Zapier: Integrate and chain APIs together to automate workflows. Zapier
Each of these challenges offers a unique way to practice API integration and build real-world skills. Enjoy experimenting with them!
Other useful resources
FastAPI Documentation: Galactic Archives Hackathon will be focus heavily on using python with FastAPI. Fast API is a really useful and quick why to write your API's and is comes with a built in documents module.
7 Common Challenges in API Integration and How to Solve Them: Really good for troubleshooting
What is an API?: This give a high-level overview of the history of APIs and how they work before reviewing the different types of APIs and how they are used.