Inspiration
As today's generation progress through the academic curriculum of school, the lack of knowledge regarding taxes, investment, and other essential financial decisions has become apparent. In order to present our peers with the opportunity to gain basic knowledge regarding finance, we have created this informative website/forum for teens to interact and learn.
What it does
This website provides students with basic information regarding taxes, investment, and managing one's money. It also creates a community of interested teens by allowing for individuals to comment/ask questions on the forum to gain knowledge.
How I built it
It was built with django, python, html, css, and javascript. We had a vision in mind of what we wanted our website to look like, and we were fairly inexperienced with the back-end coding, but through django libraries and online resources, we were able to quickly code this.
Challenges I ran into
Due to the short period of time, we had to work under immense stress to finish in time. Django was hard for us to understand at first, but this problem was easily solved through research and continual trial and error.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
By creating this website, we can potentially give unprepared teens the opportunity to learn about the information that is essential to the maximum use of their money in the future. We can create a community for teens to learn, interact, and grow.
What I learned
I learned how to use django, work with a team, and work under a time crunch.
What's next for Paratus
The potential to touch up this code into a legitimate website is high, as this website could create an interconnected community of teens. Expanding this project by adding new information and additional forms of communication (including a potential video-calling feature) would allow for the impact of this project to be far greater.
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