PassGrade

Inspiration

Our group, students with no coding experience!, really wanted to learn some basic coding skills this weekend. What better place to do that than RowdyHacks! Attending the different workshops such as Intro to Python and Mitre ATT&CK Frameworks to name a couple...We were interested in creating a project that took some elements from the workshops we visited! So, we created PassGrade!

What it does

PassGrade is a python run program that looks at certain variables from the input (user) for the purpose of having a secure password! Thus, mitigating cybersecurity risk for user and applying our new basic coding skills! Aspects such as lower and uppercase characters and numbers are verified in the input and based on that information; the program will tell you whether or not your proposed password is secure.

How we built it

We used a Python IDE called Spyder to apply booleans and using the input from user, their proposed password, the program would then determine if certain elements were met. Once input is evaluated, the program would then communicate to the user whether or not the password is strong or if it would need revisiting!

Challenges we ran into

As hackers with no coding experience, we used a lot of our time trying to get familiar with the language of Python and how to format it correctly. Some challenges we faced were syntax errors, correct use of a specific functions and proper formatting of a statement in order to analyze the input in a sequential way.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Overall, we are very proud of how we used the new knowledge we acquired this weekend to produce a functioning code! Though it is not a very complex code; we are proud of how we worked through different roadblocks to find a solution and produce something that works!

What we learned

We learned the basics for coding in Python. Using variables, functions, if and else statements in Python are highlights to what we became familiar with. We used Spyder as our IDE whilst coding.

What's next for Team PassGrade?

RowdyHacks was an incredible first hackathon experience for all of us! The workshops, mini events and overall environment for a new hacker was something to definitely look forward to again. We hope to continue participating in hackathons and advancing our coding skills! PassGrade was a fun way to test ourselves and apply the knowledge we acquired in these past 24 hours!

Natasha, Chris, and Jose