This project was inspired by Michaela's 6th grade teacher :D We started with an idea about making a garden simulator. It extended to creating a whole website and we are very proud of it! Listen to our video for the full explanation. Please click on the Google Drive link INSTEAD of the video as the video did not export correctly. Thanks!
The Garden simulator (Vivasive) was half-finished as the errors overwhelmed :( I hope you can take a look at our code and see how hard we worked on it as it was a VERY long piece of code.
What we learned
We learned about many of California's invasive and native plants. We realized that invasive species were being overlooked as we have global warming, recycling and plastic, but not many people talk about invasive species. But invasive species could collapse the whole food chain.
We also realized the meaning of persistence. Although there were MANY errors, we tried our best and didn't give up. Although the Python program is still not finished, we used our time wisely and worked till the end. It was also very late during Eastern time so that played a factor too :P (12 AM)
How we built it
We used repl.it as our hosting engine and it is very convenient as we get a free domain for it. Also, we can collaborate in real-time which is very useful.
Challenges
We faced a huge glitch in repl.it's system which caused us to have to go over the program more than ten times as we had to fix the indentation every time we moved around a letter. Also, we had to remove some features from the website as they did not render or work properly.
Accomplishments
We accomplished a LOT in the last 12 hours. We learned how to style a website with CSS much better. We learned to debug Python (Michaela the indentation wizard o_o) and most importantly, we learned to persist in the face of challenges.
Conclusion
Although we will probably not win due to the sorry state of our python program :) We tried our best. This is our first hackathon and we're both 12. We don't need to beat others, we just need to surpass ourselves every time :D
Good job everyone and thanks for coming to see our project!!
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