Inspiration
Covid-19 gave a hard time to local and small businesses. As a result, we wanted to create something that would help them understand customer data better as well as a way for customers to engage with the business through incentives provided.
What it does
The app gives you a way to sign up and login as a customer or a business admin, and submit data or view customer data in a sorted way respectively.
How we built it
We used XCode as the IDE and used Swift language to code the application. We used python to access and implement the NCR API. We also used a Real time database using Google firebase and connecting it to our local project.
Challenges we ran into
We had not used APIs similar to NCR's before this hackathon. In order to implement it to Swift, we had to find workarounds, using Python, and make it work. We also ran into a challenge on design execution, as we brainstormed and coded certain features that did not end up in the final version.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
We got a full functioning application on iOS with real-time data in the backend and executable front end.
What we learned
We learned that certain APIs are very useful to building projects, and as we scale applications to a larger scale, it would save many lines of code.
What's next for BrownBear
Developing customer end with more sophisticated data about their shopping history. Connect to nearby company data and get real data for real results.
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