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A Smart Calculator web app that handles standard and advanced math (square root, power, modulus, floor division) plus a built-in currency converter for USD, EUR, GBP, and QAR. Originally built and tested in Python, then converted into an interactive HTML/CSS/JS web app.
What did you make? : A Smart Calculator web app that handles standard arithmetic plus advanced operations (square root, power, modulus, floor division) and a built-in currency converter for USD, EUR, GBP, and QAR. Originally built and tested in Python, then converted into an interactive HTML/CSS/JS web app deployed on Netlify.
What was challenging? : Setting up the local dev environment properly — I ran into a "localhost cannot be reached" error caused by a leftover Chrome debug config, and a favicon that got saved with a double file extension. Getting Live Server working correctly in VS Code took some troubleshooting.
What am I proud of? : Getting the currency converter logic working cleanly with accurate exchange rate handling, and successfully translating my original Python calculator logic into a fully working, responsive web version.
What should people know to test it? : Try switching between the Calculator and Currency tabs at the top. On the calculator side, test the standard operators plus the extras (√, ^, //). On the currency side, enter an amount, pick a "from" and "to" currency, and hit Convert.
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This is an older project of mine — the Smart Calculator — that I’ve been upgrading further. Today I got it running locally through Live Server in VS Code instead of only viewing it on the deployed Netlify site, which makes testing changes much faster.
-I also added a custom favicon (favicon.png) to the site so it has its own icon in the browser tab, replacing the default placeholder.
-Used AI assistance along the way to help troubleshoot a couple of setup issues (a broken file extension on the favicon, and a leftover debug config causing a “localhost unreachable” error) and to help get Live Server working correctly.
