Ballmer Peak

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  Finally an app that helps you reach and maintain Ballmer's peak to unlock your hidden coding potential

Inspiration

• one of my friends told me about Ballmer's Peak and said an app like this would be very useful and entertaining to people who are familiar with the phenomenon
• By giving users the ability to input their own desired BAC, we provide a tool that helps users drink more responsibly
• Most, if not all, of BAC calculators currently available in the app store and as websites do not calculate the rate of drinks per hour for a user to maintain their BAC.

What it does

• calculates the number of standard alcoholic drinks you need to consume per hour to maintain your BAC
• calculates if and when you will reach Ballmer's Peak (or a custom BAC value)

How I built it

• using Swift 3 and Xcode 8
• made use of the Storyboard

Challenges I ran into

• trying to add all the essential features while keeping the app simple
• trouble deciding which methods of calculating BAC to use after doing research
• coming up with algorithm to determine rate of drinks/hour to maintain BAC

Accomplishments that I'm proud of

• completing the app with independence great speed

What I learned

• how to utilize UI elements of iOS that I have never experimented with before such as sliders, steppers, and date pickers
• also my first project built with Swift 3

What's next for Ballmer Peak

• polish design, add some new features, and push to the app store

Built With

• ios
• math
• swift