Inspiration: We have always loved food and how it brings people together. After watching the social network and learning how Mark Zuckerberg believed in bringing people together through sharing photos, we thought we could bring people together through their love of food. We knew that apps like Yelp already existed for discovering restaurants but we thought it would be more interesting if we learned about restaurants by seeing which places our friends went to.
What it does: Our app has a feed, profile, trends, and map page. On a user feed page, they will see featured restaurants. Each user will have a profile page where they can share their favorite cuisine, see who their friends are, and their previous reviews. On the trends page, the user can see which restaurant is trending. Lastly, on the map page, restaurants will be highlighted on a map of the greater Nashville area. Each time a restaurant is listed, the user can click on it and go to the restaurant's page to learn more about the restaurant.
How we built it: We used Unity to build the advanced graphics Unity provides. Then we used c# to code the backend of the app. This complex but simple process provided us with the best outcome.
Challenges we ran into: Choosing the best features and how to implement them. Also, we were very busy with school due to our schools demanding rigor so it was hard to make time to finish the problem on time. However, Yifei was a great leader in helping us grind through to finish on time.
Accomplishments that we're proud of: We finished and we learned how to code an app.
What we learned: We learned how to use our strengths as members of a team to our advantage to efficiently build our app. This challenge taught us how it might be to work in the computer science world in the future.
What's next for Nashville Culinary Club: We plan to expand our reach to more restaurants in the city and eventually become an international rival of Yelp.
