Okay, so it's not going to be EXACTLY LIKE Netflix, in that Netflix is far more complicated than this, but it is going to get you thinking along the right lines. Also, this is going to be a text based solution so you have to use your imagination a little and remember this is real coding! You won't be able to "click" a like, but type "l" for like and so on. You'll be using a ton of python skills to complete this project, and also working through questions of the best structure for file storage, and thinking about intelligent profiling algorithms. You're going to love it - if you're up for the challenge that is!
You need to create a NETFLIX type program. A user needs to be able to log on using a secure password and a unique username. This means they also need to be able to register, if they don't have an account. Once in, they need to be able to view films, like films (and to store these views and likes for future reference), search for films by genre, keyword, title and finally, your program needs to come up with a clever algorithm for intelligent profiling - for example: recommending films to the user based on their previous viewings! That's a very brief overview
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Write your own summary of the problem. What are your objectives? List the success criteria
Well, hopefully you've done that for the entire problem - have a read of the introduction and task again, if not. We have broken it down ourselves, but you may have a different method. Always try it yourself, before looking at the suggested answers
There is no one perfect way to solve a problem, but we're going to take you through a possible solution, and try it yourself to see if you can do better, for each step!
The problem could be broken down into the following sub-problems. We are going to solve (or try to) each one:
1. Create a Main Menu - Start Screen
2. Registration Screen + define an overview of all the functions/sub programs needed in the program
3. Ensure a secure password is used
4. Create the Login functionality
5. Create the Films Menu Screen (FAKEFLIX MENU)
6. View Films feature - users can view a film
7. Viewed Films are stored to file
8. Users can "like" films, likes are stored and incremented
9. Users can search for a film by Title
10. Users can search by Rating
11. Recommendations for films based on previous film genres
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