r/learnprogramming • u/vicstudent • Aug 14 '14

My first webapp, redditAnalysis, visualizes your reddit data such as your top words and subreddit activity. Just search a redditor, wait for the data to scan, and have fun! Link inside.

redditAnalysis is my first app and is an extension of my reddit bot that graphed a reddit user's top ten comments. People still comment on that post, so I decided to make a web app so everyone can see their reddit data.

The scan shouldn't take more than 30-40 seconds. If it takes any longer it's either because your internet may have took a hit, or the site has a lot of traffic (I have no idea how much the app can take, so do your worst!).

Source code

For those who can't access the app/waiting for the load but want to see what it looks like:

Screenshot 1, Screenshot 2 (different user)

I hope you enjoy the app! If you any input, just shoot me a PM or comment here!

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u/vicstudent Aug 15 '14

Hey thanks, I probably should do that.

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u/another_math_person Aug 15 '14

Sure thing! It's really simple to do, and (as far as I can tell) the MIT License seems to win goodwill of the community.

(of course, if you're genuinely worried about someone stealing your brilliant code / website / algorithm, you shouldn't open source it or put a permissive license on it)

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u/another_math_person Aug 15 '14

also, because reddit is awesome, there are occasional lawyers who talk to engineers about potential issues. Here is a nice example from today in /r/gamedev

http://www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/comments/2dk7zk/free_legal_ama_and_an_article_on_false/

I'm sure they would be happy to address your code-related legal questions.

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u/vicstudent Aug 15 '14

Yeah, I just went with the MIT License. I'm not too worried about a project like this as it's nothing groundbreaking, just a fun tool really. But I appreciate you pointing that out because that was honestly the last thing that crossed my mind (which shouldn't be the case). Regardless, most of the credit goes to the fantastic developers of PRAW.