Pizza Bros

Inspiration

There's a news article about a woman who was able to report domestic violence by placing a phone order for pizza. We realized how much potential there was in disguising an emergency services app as something as simple as a fast-food app.

What it does

At first glance, it looks like an app that you download for a local pizza chain. That is, it really isn't possible to tell that the app doesn't belong to the chain 'Pizza Bros'.

How I built it

We decided to use native react due to the ease of being able to integrate to both ios and android. We also felt that it would be fun to practice what some consider a popular tool in the industry with regard to web development.

Challenges I ran into

Since native react isn't exactly like React, it took us a few hours to install and understand what was needed. We also didn't have enough time to implement that backend using Twilio's API and Node.js or express.

Accomplishments that I'm proud of

It was cool to see our code come to life on our phones. Also being able to get a decent-looking mock-up impressed us, given the amount of time we had.

What I learned

We learned that React could also be used for mobile development.

What's next for Pizza Bros

Since we were able to get credits for Twilio, we'll try to implement the backend with Node.js. Although we might not have coded enough to perform well in this contest, we feel that there's potential for this idea to be impactful in the long run. Therefore, we'll try to develop a beta and see whether we have a viable product, or if it was simply a fun project to work on.

Built With

• react-native