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Basic layout of the website developed as of now.
Inspiration
The basic inspiration behind the project is to enable small-scale commerce by providing shopkeepers with top-notch technology and helping customers cure their indecisiveness while buying products.
What it does
Itemsdesk is a user-friendly website with a dedicated database it uses and updates to give information about the highest, lowest, average, and ideal price of the item searched for. Moreover, you can also add your own elements to the database.
How we built it
The front end of the project is built using HTML and bootstrap. The backend uses an algorithm to calculate the highest, lowest, average, and ideal price of the input material. A MySQL database stores all the elements, new and old, and the data from the database is used to compute the final output. A graphical representation of the same is also presented on the output screen.
Challenges we ran into
The biggest channel probably was linking the front end of the project to the backend using the python flask library. The integration procedure forced a complete re-write of major portions of the code, which was something we failed to anticipate and had to put a lot of work into doing in the later stages of development.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
Pretty much everything! For most of us, it was our first hackathon. The efforts and dedication to the work is what stood out for us. We all put in the best work we could and that is something we are happy about.
What we learned
Definitely a lot. The whole hackathon was a learning curve for all of us. From learning how to build and manage databases to integrating a front-end and back-end code to work together, we all learned a lot and enjoyed every bit of it.
What's next for ItemsDeck
Not sure. We will look forward to creating more categories the project can be used for. That, and definitely a more user-friendly interface would be something we will like to develop.
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