HokiePool

Finds other Hokies to carpool with when traveling to and from far distances.

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Inspiration

We kept on seeing students on the VT class of 202x stories, as well as fellow hackers at this hackathon, post on social media asking for rides and carpools to and from Virginia Tech. We were inspired to create this website to allow students to search for rides to and from long distances and carpool with one another.

What it does

Our website allows Hokies to both find and post rides. Students are able to post if they are either looking for a ride or willing to provide a ride, and other students can look on the website and see what works for them.

How we built it

For our website we used React, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS for the front end and Python and MongoDB for the backend.

Challenges we ran into

We struggled at first to connect the front end to the back end. We kept on getting invalid POST requests and had to figure out CORS (Cross-origin resource sharing).

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We are proud of connecting the front end to the back end and getting our POST and GET requests to work and update the website live.

What we learned

We learned that teamwork makes the dream work. (We also learned how to make an api and connect the front end to the back end).

What's next for HokiePool

We want to continue to develop the website as a group to bring it to campuses nationwide!

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