1. Introducing the Steem Bull Tech Team

Steemians. Season 23 of the Steemit Challenge has come to an end, and we are in the dawn of Season 24. The Steem Bull Tech team has been formed to participate as a Learning Club in the coming season. The team consists of @faran-nabeel, @fombae, and @aneukpineung78.

As the name implies, this team will focus on technology, where @faran-nabeel and @fombae will focus on website development (details of which you will read below), and @aneukpineung78 will focus on the basics of graphic design in Adobe Photoshop (specifically, the edition being used is Adobe Photoshop 2021).

2. The 6 Weeks Learning

2a. Website Development (@faran-nabeel + @fombae)

Recently, faran-nabeel completed his project named "Crypto Trading Dashboard" which is used to manage his accounts in trading. Now faran-nabeel is working with the Flask Web on a new project related to Steem, which will be completed during the Season 24 of the Steemit Challenge. The Flask Web Development condensed into 6 lectures for better structure and learning pace:

• Lecture 1: Topic - Introduction & Basics
  • Introductiont to Flask? Why use it?
  • Installation of Flask & setting up the virtual environment
  • Creating your first Flask app app.py
  • Running the Flask development server
  • Understanding the routes and views @app.route()
    
    
• Lecture 2: Topic - Templates & Forms
  • Creating and rendering the HTML templates
  • Template Inheritance base.html
  • Handling forms with the Flask request.form
  • Form the validation by using Flask-WTF
    
    
• Lecture 3: Database Integration & CRUD Operations
  • Setting up the SQLite with Flask
  • Use of Flask-SQLAlchemy for database operations
  • Creating the database models and tables
  • Performing of CRUD operations (Create, Read, Update, Delete)
  • Using Flask-Migrate for database migrations
    
    
• Lecture 4: User Authentication & Login System
  • Implementing the user registration and login
  • Hashing passwords by using Werkzeug.security
  • Managing user sessions with Flask-Login
  • Protecting routes (login required decorators)
  • Logging out and handling sessions
    
    
• Lecture 5: Building APIs with Flask
  • Creating RESTful APIs with Flask
  • Handle the JSON responses jsonify
  • Accept the JSON input in routes
  • Use of Flask-RESTful for structured API development
  • Consuming Flask APIs using JavaScript fetch()
    
    
• Lecture 6: Deployment & The Final Project
  • Configuring the Flask for the production
  • Set up the environment variables
  • Deploying with Gunicorn & Nginx
  • Hosting options (Heroku, Render, PythonAnywhere)
  • Final project: Build a small Flask web app

The structured approach is hoped to be able to help participants to quickly learn and apply Flask for the web development. We believe in the learning by doing, and we want to help participants to improve their projects by providing them technical guidance, best practices, and troubleshooting support.

2b. Adobe Photoshop: Basics (@aneukpineung78)

Steemit Challenge once had a graphic design class and it was quite successful. The class covered the basics of graphic design and focused on using specific graphic applications. For Season 24, Steem Bull Tech (via @aneukpineung78) offered an introduction to another application, a fairly popular image processing application, Adobe Photoshop. The version used is Adobe Photoshop 2021, but users of other versions can also follow along, as the course will cover general Adobe Photoshop basics.

Participants can get involved by working on the tasks that will be assigned. But to provide greater opportunities for participation, the tasks will be given in a creative way and not limit the creativity of participants.

A 6-week curriculum:

• Week 1 - Introduction: Interface and Basic Tools
  • Introduction to Workspace (toolbar, menu, layers panel)
  • Working with files: Creating, opening, saving, exporting files.
  • Basic tools: Selection, Move, Lasso, Brush, Marquee, Crop, Eraser, and more.
    
    
• Week 2 - Basic Techniques: Retouching
  • Spot Healing Brush and Clone Stamp;
  • Adjust brightness, contrast, levels, and curves..;
  • Basic use of Adjustment Layers for colour correction.
    
    
• Week 3 - Layers and Masking: The Foundation of Professional Editing
  • How Layers and blending modes work.
  • Basic Layer Mask techniques for non-destructive editing.
  • Practical examples: creating double exposure effects or simple manipulations.
    
    
• Week 4 - Text and Typography: Creativity in Character
  • Type Tool functions and text editing.
  • Text effects: 3D, neon glow, emboss, and gradient.
    
    
• Week 5 - Selection and Cutting
  • Some selection techniques.
  • Select and Mask to remove background.
  • Transparent effect on background.
    
    
• Week 6 - Effects and Filters
  • Some effects: glitch, dispersion.
  • Smart Filters and Camera Raw Filters.
  • Vintage and modern effects.

3. Experience & Expertise

3a. @fombae

• Skilled Back-End Web Developer with expertise in PHP (Vanilla) and Python (Flask) for server-side development.
• Experienced in database management with MySQL and PostgreSQL.
• Proficient in Linux server management.
• Ability in handling tasks such as shell scripting, user permissions, and server administration using tools like SSH, Apache, and Nginx.
• Experienced in cloud platforms including AWS (EC2, Lambda, S3, RDS, CloudFront) and DigitalOcean (Droplets, DNS, Cloud Storage), with an understanding of DNS configurations and SSL certificates.

Since joining Steem in July 2020 (account ID 1,406,516), has been actively involved in the community, as co-founder of the Steem Cameroon Community, which was approved by the Steemit Team. Additionally, has contributed as a community creator, and have served as an ADMIN in the Steem Cameroon Community

3b. @faran-nabeel

• Flask web developer, specializing in the web and mobile app development, AI integrations in the web using the built-in libraries and packages.
• Actively participate in programming discussions and support learners to improving their coding skills.
• Committed to mentoring developers and sharing insights on how to build tech solutions efficiently.

3b. @aneukpineung78

• Graphic design enthusiast, especially photo and image editing with Adobe Photoshop.
  Clients consist of scientific groups, business owners, students, general public, professionals, who have used the design services of banners, invitations, café and restaurant menus, business cards, fliers.

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4. How We Ensure People Do Not Use AI for Homework Tasks?

4a. Web Development

As mentors by using our abilities we will implement the strategies to ensure that participants submit genuine, original work.

We will ask participants to add their GitHub repository and we will personally review their code submissions and check for inconsistencies, redundant logic and AI-generated patterns on their codes. I will ask students to demonstrate their codes while the feedback sessions, ensuring they truly understand their home work.

Participants must explain their project thought step by step process, challenges in their submissions. This ensures they understand the code rather than just copying AI-generated outputs. On other hands we will use AI content detection tools to check for AI text and code similarity.

Well, we are dedicated to ensuring fair learning practices in this challenge. By combining the manual reviews, coding, AI detection, and ethical guidance for improvements. We will maintain the high standard of originality and genuine learning for all the participants.

4b. Graphic Designs

Anti-plagiarism tools and AI detectors will be used: quetext, https://www.plagiarismchecker.co, openai, gptzero.

5. How We Will Run The Learning Challenge

Weekly lectures: Each week we will share insights on a project that we have completed or is currently worked on covering web & AI integrations, dashboards and automation. We will divide our lectures to each others, they could be one by one or the first three by one teacher and last three by another.

Reviewing & Feedback: Participants can submit their own Flask or any web related projects and we will review, provide constructive feedback and guide them on improvements for development.

Evaluating Posts & Choosing winners: We will evaluate and marking posts on the base of originality and explanation of content, the originality of their code of project and their post formating and clarity.

6. Contacts And Social Medias

• faran-nabeel : WhatsApp | Discord
• fombae : Discord
• aneukpineung78 : Telegram | Discord | X

Thanks.

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