Week 15: Capstone Project: Design & Implementation

Project planning, data acquisition, preprocessing, modeling/analysis, integration

📌 Strategy & Study Guidance

Complete all exercises before moving to next block.

Blocks

Block 141 Monday

Capstone: Project Selection & Scoping

 Block 142 Monday

Capstone: Data Acquisition

 Block 143 Tuesday

Capstone: Data Cleaning & EDA

 Block 144 Tuesday

Capstone: Feature Engineering

 Block 145 Wednesday

Capstone: Core Analysis or Model

 Block 146 Wednesday

Capstone: Visualization & Insights

 Block 147 Thursday

Capstone: API or Interface (Optional)

 Block 148 Thursday

Capstone: Refactoring & Modularization

 Block 149 Friday

Capstone: Testing & Validation

 Block 150 Friday

Capstone: End-of-Week Review

📺 20 Curated YouTube Videos

▶ Python Projects freeCodeCamp ▶ Full Stack Project freeCodeCamp ▶ ML Project freeCodeCamp ▶ Data Acquisition freeCodeCamp ▶ Capstone Design freeCodeCamp ▶ Preprocessing Pipeline freeCodeCamp ▶ Data Science Project Keith Galli ▶ Modeling Integration freeCodeCamp ▶ ML Pipeline freeCodeCamp ▶ Flask Project Corey Schafer ▶ End-to-End Project freeCodeCamp ▶ Computer Vision Project freeCodeCamp ▶ Deployment Project freeCodeCamp ▶ NLP Project freeCodeCamp ▶ Analysis Project freeCodeCamp ▶ Project Planning freeCodeCamp ▶ Portfolio Project freeCodeCamp ▶ Integration Project freeCodeCamp ▶ Capstone Tips freeCodeCamp ▶ Project Demo freeCodeCamp

📋 Cheat Sheets

Quick Reference

Core syntax and common patterns for this week. Week 15 - Project planning, data acquisition, preprocessing, modeling/analysis, integration

API Cheat Sheet

Key functions and methods. Week 15 - Project planning, data acquisition, preprocessing, modeling/analysis, integration

Best Practices

Style and performance tips. Week 15 - Project planning, data acquisition, preprocessing, modeling/analysis, integration

💻 Code Snippets

Basic Example

# Week 15: Capstone Project: Design & Implementation
# Basic pattern for this topic
result = process(data)

Common Pattern

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# Frequently used pattern

Quick Start

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# Minimal working example

📊 Visualizations & Diagrams

Concept Diagram

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  A[Input] --> B[Process]
  B --> C[Output]

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Workflow

Step 1 -> Step 2 -> Step 3

Assessment

📝 Week 15 Assessment (Practice + AI Analysis)