Inspiration
After realizing that schools do an inadequate job of teaching finance, I was inspired to make a tool to help people make better finance decisions and plan their finance.
What it does
This tool lets users track their expenses and their income to see keep track of their balance. In addition, it provides tools for calculating things such as taxes and mortgage.
How I built it
Finance Tracker was built using React for the frontend side of the application. In addition, Bootstrap was also used to style and build the components displayed on the screen. The backend API was built using FastAPI. In addition, Tortoise ORM was used to store and process the data.
Challenges I ran into
This was first hackathon and my first time using many of the frameworks such as React and FastAPI, so a lot of the time was used for learning. This led to a lot of trial and error which resulted in me not having enough time to implement all the features that I wanted.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
I am proud that I was able to get familiar with these frameworks and get a feeling of developing applications. I am also proud that I was able to get the app running and functioning before the deadline.
What I learned
I learned a lot about developing web applications such as React for frontend and FastAPI for backend. In addition I learned how to get the frontend and backend to communicate and how to store data in databases.
What's next for Finance Tracker
With more time and experience I hope to implement all the features that I want in Finance Tracker and eventually deploy the website for people to use.
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