Inspiration
Inspired by wtfsigte.com (now defunct), we decided to create a website that targeted only food trucks, randomly outputting them in a fun and witty way.
What it does
Truck-Truck-Go is a simple site that uses Yelp's API to retrieve information about food trucks in San Antonio. It randomly selects one to view, in roulette wheel fashion. It'll give the user a different, randomly generated food truck every time they hit the "FIND FOOD TRUCK" button. The displayed truck name includes a hyperlink that the user can click on, which will redirect them to the truck's respective Yelp page to learn more about their offerings, price range, hours of operation, etc.
How we built it
We built it with HTML, JavaScript, and CSS. We used Yelp's API to fetch food truck data, GoDaddy as our domain registry, and Google Cloud to host our domain.
Challenges we ran into
All of our team members were very green to web development, which led to this being a huge learning experience. Our biggest hurdle was implementing Yelp's API, but with the help of our mentors and Stack overflow, we were able to overcome it.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
We are proud of building something functional with what little knowledge of web development we had going into the project.
What we learned
We learned HTML, JavaScript, CSS, API implementation, and the usability of Google Cloud in our project.
What's next for TruckTruckGo
We might expand into different cities and include a feature to filter through specific locations via user input.
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