Take Care

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  Prototype notification pop-up

Inspiration

Realizing how often our friends forget to take care of their personal well-being while hard at work, we decided to create a Google Chrome extension that would remind them to keep up healthy habits. All students could use a bit of reminding that their physical health is just as important, if not more, than the work on the screen in front.

What it does

Take Care sends periodic notifications reminding the user to keep healthy habits, such as drinking water, eating food, giving your eyes a break, and more. Additionally, there is a progress bar of each habit so when you can keep track of your advancements the different categories.

How we built it

We used JavaScript, HTML, and CSS to code our habit helper, utilizing various resources to learn how each component fits together. For fun/challenge, part of the project was coded directly off of GitHub without the use of external IDEs.

Challenges we ran into

We had to learn many new languages in a short timeframe and had trouble understanding how some aspects worked. Due to inexperience, some features could not be completed in time.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

• dabbling in new languages
• completing our first in-person hackathon :)

What we learned

As stated previously, we increased the number of languages we have coded projects in. We also learned how Chrome extensions are created and how many people desperately are in need of a program like ours.

What's next for Take Care

• making sure the notification system works
• improving progress bar
• adding more customizable features
• adding machine learning to make better predictions on when to send notifications

Built With

• css
• github
• html
• javascript