NPSYPR

Inspiration

The current situation

What it does

Helps students interested in picking up new hobbies connect with teachers.

How we built it

We used Google App Engine and Google Cloud MySQL to host a python app that handles the full backend segment of our application. The Python app uses Flask for its functioning. On the frontend, we used React Native, Formik and Yup using JavaScript.

Challenges we ran into

Several errors regarding cloud connectivity, especially hosting and SQL connectivity. Using incompatible packages in JavaScript slowed down some progress. Using React Native which was a new experience led to some unforeseen errors.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

One of the first functioning apps that we have made. Being new to React Native and Flask and still being able to put up a working application is a proud achievement for us. We also feel that we came up with a slightly novel topic and being able to move ahead with it and arrive at this app was a great feeling.

What we learned

Using flask and http methods was a new learning experience which really helped us learn more about how backend development works. Encountering new errors and debugging them was a challenge, but it left us with valuable knowledge that we'll definitely be using in the long run.