BuddyOut BuddyOut

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Inspiration

Choose your own adventure books Being in too many awkward situations with no way out

What it does

Get you out of awkward situations without upsetting the other person

How we built it

We used Twilio APIs, built a site using Velo by Wix

Challenges we ran into

Integrating Twilio with Wix, Creating the database and connecting the front end to the database Asynchronous calls using await and async

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Getting a message to our phones using Twilio API The color palette we used/ our design skills

What we learned

Learned Javascript (new language) Creation of databases in Velo by Wix and integrating it with the front end of our website to collection user information How to set up a Twilio number Managing Secrets using Secrets manager How to create a cohesive color pallette for our website How to build a website using Velo

What's next for BuddyOut BuddyOut

Add more stories to the mix so users have a good selection Add more complexity to each story so that it can be played like a game (using decision tree) Schedule messages using a date and time picker so that users can select the time at which they will receive the message 2-way communication through Twilio messages, currently one way only Upgrade to Premium Twilio so we can send messages to non verified phone numbers