ChromeComments

Inspiration

We wanted our project to make users’ internet experience more convenient. While some websites have places for users to make comments, most do not, so we decided to create a common forum that works on any website.

What it does

ChromeComments allows users to make comments on any webpage, even ones where users would not usually be able to make any comments or remarks. Users will be able to communicate with others on important events and issues.

How I built it

HTML and CSS for the popup

Javascript for frontend development

NodeJS used for backend development

MongoDB used to store user data, including user comments, user friends, etc.

AWS used to host backend server

Challenges I ran into

Lack of knowledge of the languages used to build the product solved by learning through the internet and our assigned mentor, Mr. Gullo.

Lack of knowledge on how frontend and backend teams interact solved by our assigned mentor teaching us about his experience heading coding teams.

Accomplishments that I'm proud of

We’ve been able to connect users on the internet in places where they normally would not be connected

We were able to accomplish the goals that we set for our project at the beginning of the project

What I learned

Some of our members learned Javascript, HTML, CSS, and Python. We also learned how coding teams work together from front to backend. In addition, we learned how to integrate AWS into our project, so that it did not have to run on a localhost.

What's next for ChromeComments

We’d like to add more functionality to the extension popup, including allowing a user to comment on a specific part of the webpage similar to Google Docs.

Polishing up the styling so that the extension is consistent across all its pages.

Adding a homepage