Inspiration
- In the college lecture environment it is difficult to fully process all the information while taking notes
- We figured that technology could be leveraged to see through past notes in real time as you write
- This application could also tap into the shared knowledge of everyone by parsing not only your notes but the notes of your peers
- We also thought that this could be applied to those with learning disabilities to help digest the content they're given
What it does
- This application provides people with all learning levels the ability to easily go through their history of notes
- For those who may not have a strong ability to make connections to past notes, this application provides a helping hand to reinforce learned concepts and interlocking ideas
- Once online collaboration is completed the application will allow peers to share their ideas and perspectives
How we built it
- We used React.js for the frontend accompanied by Draft.js and antd frameworks
- Flask in the backend
Challenges we ran into
- HTTP requests were difficult to understand and implement
- Conceptually understanding how the frontend server interacts with the flask server
- Making a get request with a parameter in the url
- Using react
Accomplishments that we're proud of
- Doing a hackathon
- Making a project using modern web tools
- Developing close to a full stack application
What we learned
- We learned a lot about setting up a project configuration (npm and pip)
- HTTP Requests and servers
- What flask is
- Using packages to drive fast development
What's next for SmartBook
- Sharing notes with friends
- Creating profiles to save your notes
- Chrome extension(??)
- A database
- More robust NLP
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