Inspiration
All of us have struggled navigating the transition from dorms to off campus housing. We needed a tool that would consolidate and provide reliable information on apartments.
What it does
Hook’Em Housing is a website for UT students to find off campus housing. On the website students can find information about the location, price, features, signing dates, and quality of apartments near campus. Current and former residents can also upload comments on their experiences.
How we built it
We use firebase to input data that we found in our research about different apartments near campus. We then used react.js to read access the data from firebase and export it to our website.
Challenges we ran into
We ran into challenges accessing the data from firebase and using react.js since we did not have much prior experience.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
We are proud that we having a working database and that we are utilizing this data.
What we learned
We learned how to store information in a database and then retrieve it using react.js to display the information on a webpage.
What's next for Hook'EmHousing
Implement a real time database to allow for resident feedback.
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