Inspiration
Sahithi and I often forget to eat. We're the kind of people that don't really feel hungry until hours after we were supposed to eat, and we forget to eat entirely when we are caught up in our work. Because of this, we end up going out to eat instead of cooking healthy meals and we have inconsistent diets. Through this chrome extension, we hope to help other UT students like us who struggle to eat on time eat properly and create a more consistent diet.
What it does
Do you often forget to eat, and by the time you're hungry, you're too hungry to cook so you have to go eat out? Well then this chrome extension is for you! Often times, people, especially UT students, are so caught up in their work that they forget to eat and forget to cook prior to eating. This chrome extension notifies the user when it is time to start cooking and if they aren't in the mood to cook, gives them a restaurant to go to in the Austin area. Through this app, we hope to help UT students create more consistent eating habits and therefore lead healthier lives.
How we built it
We used the Chrome Extension documentation and countless tutorials to build our chrome extension. We mainly used JavaScript for this product.
Challenges we ran into
Initially, it was very difficult to learn the rules of chrome extensions because they were different than regular JavaScript. Additionally, we struggled with getting our Yelp API to work for a while and also struggled with getting our notifications to work. Shout out to Kyle for all his help!
Accomplishments that we're proud of
We are proud that we got the option to get a random restaurant when you are hungry to work.
What we learned
We learned that it is useful to already have the skills to build what you are trying to build before the hackathon begins.
What's next for Eat With Me!
This chrome extension is currently only able to either notify a user that it is time to start cooking or of a restaurant to go to in the Austin area when they are feeling hungry. We hope to expand this functionality to achieve our originally goal of sending reminders of when to start cooking automatically in addition to a place to go if they weren't able to cook. Through this app, we hope to help UT students create more consistent eating habits and therefore lead healthier lives.
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