Inspiration
I was always interested in making websites but I lacked ideas. I also wanted to give back to the city that gave me so much, so when the prompts were being revealed, using Calgary’s Open Data Portal to make an application which betters the lives of Calgarians was a no brainer.
What it does
Our web application provides users with a customized tour of Calgary's historical resources based on their interests. The application also displays a map with directions along with fun facts about the historic resource. ## How we built it We built the web application using Django, using Python, CSS, HTML and BootStrap5. We made python scripts to scrape the database and Django to organize the web pages along with python for the back end of the program. HTML, CSS and BootStrap5 was used to design the frontend of the web application so that it appears clean and aesthetic.
Challenges we ran into
We ran into a couple pretty difficult problems. One of them was we were aiming too high, planning and trying to implement software that we were completely unaware about. This made us pretty demotivated as we were not seeing any real progress. This also led to us wasting a lot of time, over one-fourth of the total time was spent trying to work on topics which we were not versed at all about.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
We are extremely proud of our project as not only has this web application taught us so many things, we also bonded with other quite well, making common enemies against stubborn code which didn't seem to work. We are also very proud of implementing a map within our application which provides accurate directions. We are also happy with the back end of the application, which took us quite a long time of putting all our heads together to come up with an effective system.
What we learned
We not only learnt about the intricacies and the detail that goes into building and developing a website, but also the challenges that come with working in a group and how to overcome them. I personally have always been inclined to working alone on projects, but this Hackathon changed my perspective on how different minds with different ideas can not only come together to work on a project together, but how it can be beneficial for everyone.
What's next for Untitled
We are planning on also adding a point/leaderboard system to incentivize Calgarians to explore more of their city. There would be awards for visiting a certain number of historical resources around the city, special awards for difficult to reach places.
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