Random Name Generator

Main page of the random name generator website

Inspiration

When choosing names for someone or a pet, it becomes tough because you don't want to give them a horrible name but can't think of one simultaneously.

What it does

The Random Name Generator, as you can tell by its name, gives you a name randomly after you input the gender of the person/pet and your first letter preference for that special someone/pet.

How we built it

Used HTML, CSS, and Javascript. Brainstormed on a google doc and finalized the idea to create a random name generator as it would refresh my knowledge on the frontend side. Used the basics of HTML, CSS, and Javascript - no frameworks or APIs were used.

Challenges we ran into

Couldn’t read property of null when addEventListener was used on a variable that grabbed the generate button
Had to repeat the same functions twice when the first letter selection was picked for either gender (this was caused because the variable “boy_names” was used for only the boys, and “girls_names” was used only for the girls. There should be a better way to solve this problem.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Successfully copied and pasted and renamed "boy_names" to "girls_names" for each alphabet function
Refreshed my memory on Javascript
Learned how to filter through arrays (Needed to filter through arrays to pull out specific first letters from names)