Formulacademy

A free library of formulas and online calculators that saves you time.

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Inspiration

As college students, we found that performing certain calculations on everyday calculators can be very tedious, especially when using complex formulas.

What it does

Our website contains a library of formula calculators from four different subject areas: mathematics, physics, chemistry, and economics. Each calculator displays a brief explanation of the formula and allows users to simply input values for each variable to receive the answer in a single click. This saves time by eliminating the need for repetitive typing into a hand-held calculator, and provides a centralized location to find many formulas in one convenient website.

How we built it

We utilized JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and Bootstrap to design our website.

Challenges we ran into

We were unfamiliar with JavaScript and Bootstrap upon entering the hackathon (we're all near beginner-level). However, we took advantage of online resources to learn more about these tools.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We were able to create a colorful, animated background for our website, which enhances the visual experience, and are very proud of our overall UI. We also learned JavaScript and Bootstrap completely from scratch, and are glad we were able to develop our programming skills.

What we learned

We increased our JavaScript and Bootstrap knowledge, as well as mastering use of Git version control. We also improved our teamwork and communication skills by collaborating on this project.

What's next for Formulacademy

We plan to add more formulas to our library, and continually update our website as we come across tedious formulas throughout college. We also hope to spread the word about this resource to other students!

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