Inspiration
I always found it annoying when I wanted to continue reading an article on my phone from my PC. From Windows to Android, there is no easy way to sync the clipboards.
What it does
It synchronizes your copied text to our server. So whenever you open the website in another device, just click "Copy to Clipboard" and the text will be copied! There is one button to add new text to the website, and one more button to conveniently copy the text to your clipboard.
How we built it
I built is using HTML and CSS, and some JavaScript. This is my first project built with JavaScript, so its pretty special to me.
Challenges we ran into
The main challenge was to make script for "Copy to Clipboard" button. I had no idea how to write JavaScript, so I learnt JavaScript this weekend (Thanks to this hackathon or it would be a "lazy weekend) and made it possible. The "Add New Text" button is also connected to a script. The Sync button has some script left to write, for that I need to learn some more JavaScript. But the purpose of the site is complete. Also I learnt how to use Flexbox in CSS, I made Navbar and Button bar with Flexbox. Adding hover and click animations was really challenging for me. As you can see, its animation is pretty complicated. I took inspiration for CodePen and made that button.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
I am really proud to build this website. I am really happy for how it turned out, I did not expect it to be this accessible. Learning enough JavaScript in 1 day to make a function site like this is what I am proud of. This website serves the purpose for everyone, when they have difficulties managing their clipboards and wasting relatively a lot of time figuring out how to connect the clipboard of their multiple devices. This website is the solution for age-old problem of everyone.
What's next for easycpy
Making the sync button functional is the next big thing for easycpy. Also, I am already thinking of ideas to connect easycpy to Google Sign-in or Apple-ID so that each individual can have their own clipboard access from anywhere. With this comes the option to add sticky notes, a personalized calendar and ability to sync your text messages. Maybe this is too ambitious for me right now, but I will complete this website to solve the daily small problems of everyone, which don't deserve their precious time.
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