ThetaWatch 2.0

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Inspiration

The inspiration for ThetaWatch was a combination of by backgrounds as a tv producer, web developer, and journalist. My experience in media fields made me aware of the value of Theta early on, but my education as a journalist made it very clear that in order to grow, Theta Network will need community tools and resources that put things into an easy to understand format.

About 1.0

The idea started as creating a place that's just a collection of resources that are curated in a way that makes sense to the average person. From there the idea grew to include custom reporting features utilizing my background as a developer.

When I started looking in to the other explorers out there, I realized there was no easy way to save reports, make historical comparisons, download data, print charts, or request new statistics. So why not create one myself?

Challenges we ran into

The biggest challenge creating Version 2.0 was coming up with a UX that was easy to use, standardized, and still capable of growing with the needs of the platform.

What it does

ThetaWatch integrates with the Theta Explorer api to pull node data into an off-chain database. This allows the application to run a number of custom reports that users can search and filter for their own purposes. By standardizing the common search/print/download/charting features, it also creates a hub where community members can request custom charts to be added for the whole community to utilize in their own investing, staking, or other research needs.

It is meant to be a tool that grows both as the service offerings grow from Theta, and as the community needs grow for deeper analysis of those services.

How we built it

The app is built on a codeigniter framework, bootstrap for ui, chart.js for displaying data. It integrates with Theta via the Explorer API.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

I'm really happy with the UX. I think it will be clean and easy to navigate for a lot of people. And that's a big hurdle to get over when trying to bring new audiences into a complex project.