Tracking Covid

What Inspired Us

In these current times of distress, it's necessary to keep updated with accurate information. We wanted to create an application that allowed users to easily access Covid info in their state (or any other state they wanted to see) in a clear and minimalistic manner.

What We Learned

We learned how to use CovidTracking API in order to send data to our site and update it in real time. We also learned how to use the basics of React.js to build our frontend, and Node.js and Express.js build our backend. Prior to this hackathon, most of us knew literally nothing about making a website.

How We Built Our Project

For our project, we utilized React for front-end development and Express for back-end purposes. We then used the CovidTracking API to receive information for us to use to display the data on our website.

Challenges We Faced

Our main problem was getting the API request to work and connecting our frontend with our backend. We had challenges in launching a live site using Firebase. Although we were able to deploy it, it only worked if we were running the backend locally on our devices.

Future Improvements

Our original idea was to have the user log in, so they could see how the number of COVID cases changed since they last logged in. While we were unable to achieve that goal within the 24 hours, we can still implement that in the future. Additionally, we can show some more information, like some charts.