Inspiration
I was inspired by my group of friends in the winter when we were looking around for outdoor hockey rinks to play pond hockey on.
What it does
The app allows visitors to either report about a rink they found or view nearby rinks reported in the app. The app takes their location upon entry, and uses it in the report or view request to either add a rink at that location, or find rinks around that location. It does not require an account and is completely anonymous.
How we built it
I built the app using React.js for the front end and Node.js with Express.js at the backend.
Challenges we ran into
It was very difficult to get the location working for the device since that required an https certificate for your site and server. Furthermore, it was harder than I thought to connect the backend with the frontend, and I spent a lot of time figuring out why my response wasn't being sent in my POST requests.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
Building a running web app that hit all the requirements I laid out for it at the beginning of the hackathon.
What we learned
That Rome wasn't built in a day. I have lot's of ideas for this app and what it could be, but it was important to get something up and running first and I'm very proud of that.
What's next for pondnet
What's next is to add some more rating criteria for each pond reported, and come up with a way to rank results that were returned. Furthermore, it would be good to add a database to the project, and build a more responsive UI.
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