COLLUDE

Hello, we are team Collude, bringing you a collaborative grocery list application at Citrus Hack 2022. We are a team of four novice python, javascript, html, and css users, three among which who are first-time hackathon participants. We'd like to give a shout-out to all the organizers and mentors who helped make our project a reality!

Why Collude?

Welcome to Collude; we are an app developed by and for grocery shoppers looking to maximize their efficiency in going about their shopping routines. The idea for a collaborative grocery list was spawned as a result of members agreeing that coordinating grocery shopping with room/housemates is a complete mess in its current state. Additionally, the psychological manipulation of major grocery store chains in order to get broke students to spend more money-- just kidding.

This app is designed to reduce the inefficiency of having to update others of changes through a group chat while switching apps to a notepad or checklist while remaining goal-oriented and sticking to an agreed upon shopping list. We knew we wanted our project to base its identity around accomplishing that, and preliminary ideas centered around the dynamic list and a login system for different users.

Features

Secure sign-in using email and password authentication
Dynamic lists allow for real-time edits
Completion feature: check items off the list as you progress
Create unique lists for your needs
Optimized displays for mobile devices
'Collaborate' feature in progress for shared goals between multiple people on one list

Development

Collude was built using elements of Python, Javascript, HTML, and CSS, combining front and back-end to create a fully sufficient application.

Back-end Python for login, security, and connection to database
Javascript for client-server connection and front-end
HTML and CSS for front-end aesthetics and appearance

Challenges

The project faced many setbacks and shortcomings during the allotted 24 hours; we quickly figured out that we hardly knew a thing about building or connecting the front and back ends of the app. Despite that, we spent the first half day understanding and slowly working through the basics of the firestore API, databases, our login system, and coding a dynamic display for the list screen.