Eco Chat

Talking to others about cleanups and the environment!
Viewing other people in the cleanup.
A list of available cleanups to join.

Inspiration

I was learning about webhooks, and subsequently wanted to build a chatting application that would be helpful for many people.

What it does

Eco Chat is a webapp where users can discuss environmental matters, and schedule cleanups that others can join and earn points for it.

How I built it

I used Flask and Flask-socketio to have webhooks which created a chat application, along with sqlite3 to store certain things associated with the app. I also jquery to make the whole process easier to handle.

Challenges I ran into

Learning how to use webhooks and to create and receive events on the webhooks was a bit of a struggle, along with learning how to use jquery. Another struggle was time, as I only had about 2 weeks to work on it after school and exams were over. The struggle was that I got sick, leaving me with about 6 days to complete the whole task.

Accomplishments that I'm proud of

I was sick during the creation of this project, so finishing in time was a big accomplishment, as I had to learn many new concepts to create this project.

What I learned

I learned time management skills and how to use webhooks. I also learned how to use jquery on the javascript side.

What's next for Eco Chat

The next steps for Eco Chat are to build a client base, and to raise environmental awareness to more people who might not be educated about such things.