Prelude
Jason, a second year grad student just concluded his lease for his current housing. Having learned from the experience he had with his metal head roommate, he knew it is going to be real hard to find the tranquility he is looking for by randomly moving in with some. The google search begins.
What it does
This small app allows you to find prospective roommates with similar attributes. In short this is a dating website but for finding roommates.
How I built it
We used Bootstrapper for the front end development with Django framework for utilizing MSSQL.
Challenges I ran into
Being new to web app development, challenges ranged everywhere from finding the right platform to writing query for the Database management system.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
Going from rookie to intermediate is a straight path, doing that in 2 nights and 1 day makes the path steep.
What I learned
CSS, Python, DBMS and a person can survive solely on red bull for 48 hours.
What's next for Roommate Finder
A better recommendor system (e.g. amazon's item to item collaborative filtering) will replace the current scoring algorithm. This will open up the gateway to real-time recommendation evaluation. Additionally, our psychologist has promised to add many more fun questions to make the review form even more fun.
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