Inspiration
For our project, we wanted to focus on an important issue, Social Activism, that affects people in both our community and across the world. We realized that many people in this area are oblivious to the events occurring in today’s society and we wanted to create something that can help us change this narrative.
What it does
FindMyEvent provides event coordinators everywhere with a free service to organize events and recruit individuals for a team in order to improve their communities.
How we built it
We used a boostrap-made template to create a user friendly front end, and used javascript to communicate with the client and transfer information between the client and host. This information included event details such as name, date, and location.
Challenges we ran into
We faced many challenges while developing the website; from getting a functional map to properly storing event information. Along with this, we also struggled to adapt to the workflow of a team environment, since we had conflicting schedules and were unfamiliar with aspects of the project development process. However, by conducting more research and establishing better communication, we were able to overcome these hardships and successfully build our website.
Accomplishments that we’re proud of
We were able to develop this project with skills we were previously inexperienced with. By finding the resources necessary, we were able to obtain the skills needed in order to successfully accomplish our goals. This hackathon allowed us the opportunity to grow, not only as computer scientists, but also as contributors to our communities.
What we learned
Team collaboration and communication is critical in order to efficiently develop a project. Without the strong team-based environment we created for ourselves, we would not have been able to complete this project in such a short time frame.
What's next for FindMyEvent
Polishing and expanding FindMyEvent in order to make it readily accessible for communities around the world.
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