Buddy Better Studdy

Buddy Better Study was a project designed to maximize your productivity while studying by tracking usage of sites you have "blacklisted", with your usage determining your punishments.

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Inspiration

Our inspiration were the exams and final performance tasks that are coming up. At this point of time in the semester, we knew we had to step up our game, which means ABSOLUTELY NO distractions. That inspired us to make an application for the other students out there just like us, who need to lock in and finish off their semester strong.

What it does

Our application takes in what sites you have deemed as "blacklisted". This means that those are sites you wish to refrain from using during your study session. While your study session is running, our application will track when you visit those "blacklisted" sites, and based on the amount of times you have visited, the application will give you punishments. This should discourage you from visiting those sites during the time you are supposed to lock in and study hard.

How we built it

We built this project using a chrome extension maker, which allows our popup.html to be displayed. The code for this project was made using HTML, CSS(these were for the popup.html), JS, and json(these were used mainly for the tracking of the user visiting "blacklisted" sites).

Challenges we ran into

One of the challenges we ran into was figuring out how we were going to be able to track when the user accesses a blacklisted site. It was extremely difficult doing it with python, which is why we ended up trying it with JavaScript.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

An accomplishment that we are proud of is being able to carry through with our plans and goals without sacrificing our schoolwork. Our time management was excellent.

What we learned

We learned that we need to become more efficient programmers. School workload can sometimes prevent us from continuously practicing and polishing our skills on different languages, which is why we got off to a bit of a slow start. I am very happy that we stayed dedicated and completed our goal.

What's next for Buddy Better Studdy

We will be welcoming in as much feedback as possible, in order to improve our application. We would want honest opinions as to whether or not this had helped them become more efficient and productive in their study sessions.

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