Fortnight Mastery

A website designed to help you master a skill in a fortnight (2 weeks)

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Inspiration

Fortnight Mastery was created because I realized that a ton of people have tons of time and want to learn new skills but they might not know where to start. I've curated a bunch of resources and created multiple step by step 14 day tracks to help users master a skill or multiple skills, ranging from coding to graphical design to business. With this new website, users can be well on their way to emerging out of the COVID19 pandemic with a new skill.

What it does

  • A website that offers users multiple tracks to follow and master a skill in 2 weeks.
  • Includes a step by step plan along with resources to learn the skill.
  • Mental health section and resources are also provided during the COVID19 pandemic as many of our users could be struggling.
  • Tracks can be duplicated as a template in Notion and users can track their progress and take notes on the revolutionary Notion platform.

How I built it

I built this project with HTML and CSS, and minimal amounts of Javascript, on a Github repository! I published the project with Github Pages and a domain from Domain.com.

Challenges I ran into

Some challenges that I ran into include:

  • Learning how to use Github properly for the first time, seeing that I had to share my code in the end
  • Narrowing down my idea from something that was much larger in scale but I knew I couldn't get done in the length of the hackathon
  • Setting the domain name and pointing it to my Github repository was also quite difficult and I panicked having waited for at least 2 hours for the domain to kick in
  • Filming the demo video also took a lot longer than I anticipated
  • Finishing everything in the time given, this is in a sense the first hack that I developed on my own!

Accomplishments that I'm proud of

This is the first hack that I've worked on by myself and in my opinion, for my first solo hackathon, I did pretty well! I learned how to come up with an idea and execute it in less than 36 hours, which was absolutely exhilarating! This is also the first time I used Github properly for a project and I'm really glad that I finally learnt how to use it and publish a project with it!

What I learned

  • Applied what I learnt from my freeCodeCamp Responsive Web Design Certification
  • Learned to use Github for the first time properly
  • Learned to create my first hack with pure code, HTML/CSS (not just website builders or Wordpress)
  • Reaffirmed that Google's your best friend when you're having difficulties or troubles! Forums and other articles are usually amazing, because if you have a problem, most likely someone before you has had the same problem, oftentimes already have a solution on the web!

What's next for Fortnight Mastery

  • Brushing up on the UI/UX
  • Setting up a login/user system
  • Creating subpages for the tracks, I didn't know how to do that and with the time constraints, I didn't get a chance to
  • Possibly expand to offer our own course offering
  • Possibly adding on a free volunteer tutor service
  • Potentially non-profit incorporation

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