Wallet Watcher

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Wallet Watcher Demo

Inspiration

We wanted context in every purchase we make at Walmart. For every item we buy, we know what percent of my credit card balance and how much of the 30% credit card limit that the item will be taking out of. 30% of the limit seems to be the standard for financial responsibility.

What it does

It is both a Chrome context menu extension (right-click options) and a web app. The user right clicks on a Walmart listing and the relevant data is sent to the web app.

How we built it

We built it using Django, a Python based full-stack web framework. We used AJAX calls to get data from our internal endpoints and Walmart's Pricing API endpoints.

Challenges we ran into

Sending data from Walmart to the Chrome extension and then to the web app

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Attending our first Hackathon and finishing a full stack application in a day.

What we learned

Javascript is a bad language, but necessary to learn Mapping the problem out before coding is essential Organizing the code is a must for productivity We need to sharpen our Git skills