FemTech

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  Home Screen

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  About Us and Resources Tabs

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  Organizations and Notable Alumni Tabs

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  Start menu has links to useful websites. The minimized tabs are shown at the bottom.

Inspiration

We were inspired by Windows 95 because it made computing accessible to the general public. Like Windows 95, we aim to support students in STEM majors and create resources and information easily accessible.

What it does

Our site has functional links and apps disguised as desktop shortcuts that can be expanded and minimized. Within these apps is information about women identifying alumni, student-run organizations built around creating safe communities for marginalized groups, and resources to help students create ideal schedules.

How we built it

Our project is built upon an open-source repository that utilizes Vue 2, Vuex, InteractJS, and MomentJS. Although we started with an open-source repository, we still had to build custom components to ensure that the aesthetic of our website matched our Windows 95 theme. Within Vue, we utilized HTML, CSS, and Javascript to create props for each component and keep track of the state of each component. An outside helper store.js function is used to keep track of each view that is currently active on the screen. Our website is currently hosted on GitHub pages so feel free to check out the website to experience all the custom ui/ux aspects that we implemented!

Challenges we ran into

We were unable to publish all of our ideas for pages within the given time period. During our planning period, we agreed on including pages such as excerpts from freshmen about their experiences transitioning into college life, links to more resources such as the career and counseling center, a calendar of relevant current events relating to STEM, and checksheets for majors in the College of Engineering.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We are proud of getting our project to a state where it is functional, as well as the custom graphics that we included on the website. We believe that the information and resources provided can be valuable to current and prospective students, and we are proud that users will be able to access them with just one click on our website compared to them having multiple tabs and websites open.

What we learned

Three out of four of our team members are first-time hackers who came into the hackathon with no experience using JavaScript, CSS, and HTML. By participating in this hackathon, we were able to not only learn about web development as a whole but also learned more about the communities and networks available to us at Virginia Tech.

What's next for FemTech

We hope to continue promoting our passion for providing support for underrepresented groups in future hackathons and aim to expand our services from STEM to other fields such as business and health.

Built With

• vue