Resources

API Resources

Application Programming Interface (API) are interfaces or communication protocols that simplify implementation and maintenance of software. In order to access most APIs, many languages use HTTP protocol to communicate with the servers that host the API and retrieve data.

Google Cloud API has many cloud services and APIs for storage access, machine-learning etc.

X API retrieves data on tweets, direct messages, trends, users, and many more of X's features.

ZotGPT Creator is a tool by OIT that allows you to create customized AI chatbots for your projects.

Backend Framework Resources

Backend Frameworks are a variety of middleware services used to connect to other API and database vendors to fit your project's needs.

Fast API is a web framework for building APIs with Python 3.8+ based on standard Python type hints.

Flask is a micro web framework written in Python that can be used to build your backends quickly and efficiently.

Frontend Framework Resources

Frontend frameworks aid in the design of user interfaces and experiences. Your users will interact with your services through the frontend.

MDN Web Docs contains documentation for learning HTML, CSS and JavaScript.

React is an open-source front-end JavaScript library for building user interfaces based on components.

Starter Pack Resources

Various starter packs to start you off on your coding journeys at ZotHacks, featuring a variety of technologies and tech stacks!

Flask Starter Pack: A Flask template that demonstrates API calls with an HTML/CSS frontend.

Full Stack Starter Pack: A template web application with a React frontend and FastAPI backend.

HTML/CSS/JS Starter Pack: Starter code for a basic HTML/CSS/Javascript website.