Inspiration

I was inspired by the projects that we did in Health class. I learned much about the importance of being eco-friendly and many other things to protect the environment and the actions we must take to become so.

What it does

My project is a quiz that takes information from the user and then calculates the amount of Earths that would be needed if everyone on Earth lived the same/similar lifestyle. It is to show people how harmful people's lifestyles can be, and to take action to improve their "Earth Count."

How we built it

I built it in CodeHS using the knowledge I gained from my AP Java class. At the beginning of my project, I worked non-stop on the project; programming all the ideas I had. Over the next few days, I slowly worked on tweaking, debugging, and improving my code.

Challenges we ran into

I ran into lots of challenges with ideas, as well as making my code efficient. Sometimes I would find myself repeating code and wondering what I could do to make it simpler. I also had to test many inputs into my code to make sure all if not most of the loopholes were covered.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

I am proud of the project overall. I think that this is pretty simplistic, as it is mostly just a question-and-answer style quiz; however, I have never worked this long and hard on a project before. It makes me feel great!

What we learned

I learned a few new things, notably this method:

public static void clearScreen() 
{
    System.out.print("\033[H\033[2J"); 
    System.out.flush();
}
'''
This method clears the console from the previous text. I utilized this to simulate moving to the next question/page in my quiz for a better experience.

# What's next for Ecological Footprint
I want to slowly work on improving the efficiency of the code, as well as adding features to the end. I have some ideas of suggesting to the user what they can do based on their score, along with adding photos (which I hadn't known was possible) to make it more aesthetically pleasing.

Built With

• codehs
• java