Inspiration
This project was inspired by the struggles we have experienced on a daily basis as college students, and seen our peers endure, in finding transportation to and from campus or even parking near campus. We wanted to create a way for more-advantaged college students to help others deal with these challenges.
What it does
Our Car Go Brrr web application allows college students with cars to provide carpool rideshares to fellow college students lacking transportation. Users can create accounts, login, and select their role as a rider or as a driver. Drivers can create multiple schedules for when they will be traveling and available to assist riders. Riders can view a list of available driver schedules, and see the driver's contact info in order to get in touch. This system efficiently enables students to spread generosity to their fellow peers.
How we built it
We developed Car Go Brrr using a Python-enable database back-end and an HTML and CSS front-end. The user and ride database was created and controlled with Django, an open-source, Python-based web framework.
Challenges we ran into
Our most difficult challenge in the creation of Car Go Brrr was in the initial planning phase. Because of our inexperience with hackathons, our initial plan was significantly more ambitious than we had sufficient time to achieve. To overcome this, we had to stay agile with our app layout and development goals in order to meet the deadline constraint with a functional product.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
One accomplishment that we are proud of was our user authentication. It took a lot more time than we thought it would to set up and eventually we got it working properly and efficiently. Another accomplishment we are proud of is the professional design of our website.
What we learned
Before entering into our Car Go Brrr project, the team overall had minimal experience with HTML and Python, and none at all with database management. Throughout TigerHacks, we all became very comfortable in these areas, as well as in the process of using GitHub for version control as a group—even successfully resolving convoluted merge conflicts!
What's next for Car Go Brrr
For the future of Car Go Brrr, we hope to increase the functionality by adding more filters to the rides displayed to the user, as well as enabling drivers to edit their schedules. We also hope to host Car Go Brrr on an Nginx server in order to reach a wider audience.
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