Inspiration
With interpersonal contact at a minimum due to the ongoing pandemic, I wanted to come up with a way to get outside and engage with your local environment, without needing to break social distancing guidelines.
What it does
Using your zip code, it checks the National Wildlife Federation's website to find plants local to your area, then builds a scavenger hunt from that list (includes pictures).
How I built it
I parsed responses from the National Wildlife Federation's website, after sending them requests with custom cookies, to avoid having to enter the zip code manually. Then, I built a scavenger hunt object with the parsed information for easier usage, and used that as the backend for a (fairly basic) app that allows the user to actually perform the scavenger hunt.
Challenges I ran into
I've never built a mobile application before (and only one GUI altogether), so that was really tough to figure out. I spent the vast majority of my time trying to make the GUI and backend play nicely together.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
The app is fairly complete, and I intend to list in on mobile appstores, so my friends (and maybe others) can play around with it.
What I learned
I learned how to build a complete, cross-platform mobile application. I've also confirmed my preference for backend coding over frontend stuff.
What's next for Scavenge!
As I said earlier, I do plan to list it on the Google Play Store and iOS App Store.
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