Body Mass Index Calculator

Inspiration

I'm an undergrad computer science student studying at the University of Alberta and I'm highly interested in exploring, learning and I'm motivated to build more projects, hence, I started with this!

What it does

This is a body mass index calculator which only requires your weight and height and is able to tell you your BMI and whether you're under weight, normal weighted, over weight or obese!

How I built it

This is honestly my first time ever building an app or first time participating in a hackathon for that case! I learned how to use Kivy and the KV language in a matter of few hours and was able to attempt to create this app.

Challenges I ran into

When I reached the part where I had to display the BMI on my screen, I ran into trouble. I was able to display it on the python shell but was unable to display it on the app.

Accomplishments that I'm proud of

I found out about this hackathon a day ago and I'm glad I was able to learn so much on the way and grow as a person and as someone in the field of computer science!

What I learned

Even though I hit a brick wall, I'm still motivated to develop more apps by either using Kivy, Tkinter or other such apps. No matter how many times I fail, I know that nothing is going to beat the happiness I feel when I accomplish my goals. :)

What's next for Body Mass Index Calculator

I wish to further develop it by adding in categories such as body fat % and body measurements to create a more accurate app that calculates BMI.

If possible, I would love to receive feedback about my project and tips regarding how to proceed with building projects so I can learn and add valuable things to my resume!

Built With

• kivy
• pycharm
• python