Online tools to compare Colleges/Universities

[Andy.N]

I'm curious to learn how many websites offer tools to select several schools and generate a side-by-side comparison

https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/compare?xwalk_id=144050&xwalk_id=166683&xwalk_id=186131

Anyone know if this is done using pure html or what technology stack is used for this.
I'm thinking of create an XF page to offer the same tool and wonder how to go about this.
Thanks for any insight.
@digitalpoint you probably know?

 

[digitalpoint]

I doubt it’s a “tool”. Probably custom developed by US News.

 

[Andy.N]

Thanks @digitalpoint
I see many other websites offer similar tool too. I think they all draw the same data from some common source.
Here is a github that offer some similar script that you plug and play.

GitHub - CollegeAI/simple-college-search-website: A sample college search website using the CollegeAI API

A sample college search website using the CollegeAI API - GitHub - CollegeAI/simple-college-search-website: A sample college search website using the CollegeAI API

github.com

Here is another one of the dozen sites I see today.

2023 College Comparison Tool (with bonus videos!) | CampusReel

Compare colleges side by side using the most sophisticated college comparison tool ever created. The tool is free - compare not only data (e.g. tuition) but also dorms, social life and more with our student-generated videos.

www.campusreel.org

If you were to write something like this, how would you go about it? Just curious.

 

[digitalpoint]

Well I wouldn’t write it. So technically that’s how I would do it. Hah but ignoring that, I’d write it the same as most other things… figure out what I need it to do exactly and figure out how to build whatever that is. There isn’t some universal way to do everything.

Approach it like any other project. First figure out exactly what you want to be able to achieve with it. Something quantifiable and explainable without something vague like, “I want it to do what another site does.” That might be the case, but if you don’t understand specifics of what you want it to do first, it’s going to be a hard road. Then go from there… first figure out the what, and then move on to the how.