Inspiration
Moving to college has made me realize how difficult it can be to connect to people, especially when you have to move into a new dorm with someone you've never met. Apartmate tries to change this by allowing you to meet a roommate that you share similar interest with before you move in. Think of it like tinder and Zillow had a baby.
What it does
The user enters in there information and the website finds apartments and roommates near them.
How we built it
I used mongoDB to store the users information and connect them with other users in the data base. I also used googles Geolocation API to find nearby apartments around thee users price range. I also employed Node.js Javascript html and css to build this project. I also hosted the website using heroku but ran into some problems with googles API when trying to employ it. I also tried to implement auth0 but again while trying to employ I ran into many difficulties.
Challenges we ran into
Getting the website deployed was a very big challenge as many of the APIs gave me trouble. It took a lot of trouble shooting to get the layout correct along with getting the right APIs setup. However, these challenges did allow me to learn a lot and get very uncomfortable.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
I'm very proud to get the recommendations and database to work and I'm very glad that I managed to put something out all by myself in such a short amount of time.
What we learned
Teams are very helpful and having one would've saved me a lot of stress. I also learned to prioritize things that are more important and will be more beneficial in the long run. Not to mention the amount of code I learned. This project SIGNIFICANTLY made be a better programmer.
What's next for Apartmate
I would love to make the site more professional and deploy it one day. After working on it for so long I became very passionate about this project and i'm excited to see where it can go.
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