The problem
We wanted to solve the problem of connecting students on our campus so that it is easy and simple. Current solutions like UBLinked are harder to navigate and present no opportunity of instant messaging with students who share similar interests.
What is KoozieUB?
The main feature of KoozieUB is circles, any student can create their circle and it will show up on the page! The main page presents you a number of circles where each circle has its name as a hobby or an interest, like “I love soccer” and if you click on the circle you instantly join a group chat where people who share the interest as you will chat. You also have to login before creating circles and joining the groups. Koozie is very simple but useful.
Development and challenges
Koozie was built using React, Framer, and Tailwind CSS for Front-end and Python with MySQL for Back-end, we had many issues while creating the project which motivated us to finish it completely, we tried our best, facing problems like connecting Front-End and Back-end together and making sure that everything works as it was intended. Adding the animations to the circles was a problem too because it was complex and we had to make it smooth.
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