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The results Page
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Results Page with the results
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The Landing Page
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The main page where it asks for your flight arrival time and your airport
Inspiration
I was inspired by how it difficult it was to coordinate among international students for a rideshare. It involved going through hundreds of WhatsApp messages. So I decided to create a website that would act as place where people could input their flight arrival time and find people who were close by.
What it does
This is a simple website to help international students coordinate with other international students when they are going to arrive at an airport. It takes in your email address (currently only accepts @umass.edu email accounts), flight arrival time and your airport as well as a threshold of how long you are willing to stay at the airport. It then shows the email address and flight arrival times of those people who are arriving at the airport between your flight arrival time and the threshold you set.
How we built it
I built it using React, Mongo DB, express and hosted on vercel for frontend, railway for backend
Challenges we ran into
I was working alone so figuring out and idea and executing by myself was difficult. I didn't know React, Mongo DB or even about hosting beforehand. So I used chatgpt, attended a workshop on React and relied on the mentors for guidance.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
I am proud of creating a working demo that can work on my local computer even through it can't work on the hosting platforms.
What we learned
I learned more about React, learnt about express and Mongo DB Atlas. I also learnt more about frontend and backend architecture along with hosting.
What's next for Airport Coordinator
I definitely plan on fixing the Airport Coordinator's UI and fixing the backend's connection to the Frontend. Fixing a minor bug where it shows all people who arrived before your end Time when it should be only people who arrived later. I also pan to add some computer vision and machine learning so that you can show your ticket and it can figure out your flight arrival time.
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