Covid Hapinnes Tracker

Inspiration

As University students we have directly experienced the effect of the Covid situation and quarantine on our mental health. Therefore, we wanted to create something that would ensure that you maintain a healthy lifestyle and routine even though everything has changed so drastically.

What it does

This app tracks all the important things you need to do in a day to maintain a healthy lifestyle and provides daily feedback on what you accomplished that day and how you can improve to function as optimally as possible regardless of Covid.

How we built it

We first prototyped the GUI in Excel. And then we implemented this design with java using swing for the GUI design and Microsoft Access for the database.

Challenges we ran into

It was a really tedious experience to make the database succesfully interact with the application because there were so many format issues and so forth. Getting the input data from the user in a way that minimized user error also required thorough research of GUI components as there was a lot of trial and error when trying to program the most effective form.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

The app itself is unlike anything we've ever done, collectively we have mostly done basic algorithm design and simple interfaces so seeing a final product like this realized in only one day is amazing.

What we learned

We learned an insane amount this past weekend. Firstly, effective UI design that minimizes errors. Secondly, how to use JDBC tecchnology to link to Microsoft Access and the Java application in a way to make the backend more manageable. Also, while researching COVID we discovered a lot of interesting facts surrounding prevention and prioritizing mental health that we will be sure to implement ourselves. Lastly, we learned how to work as a team and first time hackers we thought it would be really difficult and that we'd end up frustrated with each other, but after the first couple of hours we came into our own and produced results we are really proud of.

What's next for Covid Hapinnes Tracker

Improvement of Layout (adding of a login screen and making it more appealing in general) *Adding a covid quix to factor in the score so people can regularly evaluate their symptoms *Expanding the History table to add all the details of things done *Deploying the application to see how users feel about it and if they would be interested in a web version or a more full featured version