Inspiration
It’s daunting to learn how to code as a complete beginner and a lot of us has been very lost about where to start
What it does
Our app allows users to say what they want to learn specifically and a variety of resources telling them where to start will be customised for them
How we built it
Started by setting up React and flask Then wrote the algorithms for scraping on youtube, reddit, etc. and integrated into the backend Languages: python, flask, React.js, Figma
Challenges we ran into
We didn’t know how to make a webapp and therefore had to learnt how to set up flask and react and how they work together. Our team spent time at the start researching how to fully set up code for a website. We also haven’t used APIs and written algorithms for specific tasks before but was successful in implementing that by trying different ways and fixing bugs as we go.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
A project that we can continue pursuing even after the hackathon and that it will increase accessibility for beginner coders. Learning how to use flask, react, APIs and basics of a website with next to no coding experience as a team. Steep learning curve and the satisfaction when our code worked.
What we learned
Code collaboratively and integrating everything together to make code coherent and readable. Learning how best to approach learning coding and therefore we’re in a better position to make the website more accessible and easier to use.
What's next for Lilac Learners
Have an imbuilt coding console on our website. Implementing the design with React. Scrape from more resources e.g. twitter, google. Build a chat bot within the website.
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