Whether the Weather

Inspiration

**Opting in for:

Best Overall Hack
Best Spacey Hack
Best First-Time Hack
Best DEI Hack sponsored by Fidelity
MLH Prizes**

Some would say the biggest struggle is the battle between indecision and the want to do something – at least for our friend group. College is not just a time for studying; it’s a time to have fun and explore the unique college town we spend a meager four years in. However, because of our busy schedules and clashing interests, it’s sometimes hard to make plans for a fun night out. Sometimes when plans make it out of the groupchat, the weather is the inhibiting factor. Sometimes when the group decides on a plan, it’s hard to express your opinion because it can present as disagreeable. You might be in the hidden majority who disagrees with the activity but go along because you believe you’re in the minority. With Whether the Weather, we create the ultimate planning device for your friend group.

Additionally inspired by the space theme of the Hackathon, we created a simple theme around constellations and the weather.

What it does

Whether the Weather allows for each person in a friend group to make an account, and use each person’s unique username to create a group to start the planning process. It is a user-friendly website, guiding everyone through the process to make the perfect plan. The website takes each person’s interests into account, figures out the weather for the day, and recommends three activities that the friend group can do. Afterward, it is up to each person to agree or disagree with the recommendations. Only through a majority is the best activity decided

Whether the Weather considers all the needs and wants that your friend group should have considered. The use of this app brings unique features:

Quells confidence of all members of a friend group to voice their opinions anonymously
Support women-owned, minority-owned, and queer-owned businesses as well as small businesses which have historically underperformed in terms of sale and size compared to other businesses
Helps explore a city and find its hidden gems
Reads weather-related data to determine what the most relevant activities are

How we built it

To run Whether the Weather, you must start both the front end and back end separately. To start the front end, open the back folder in your IDE of choice, navigate to Server.py and click the green play button to start the server. This should produce the link http://locahost:3232 in the terminal, which you can navigate if you want to test the server on its own. You don't have to click the link. To run the front end, navigate to the directory back/src in another terminal, and run the command npm start in the terminal. This should produce the link http://localhost:3000 in the terminal, to which you can navigate to in a new browser page. This should load the page!

Challenges we ran into

Didn’t know React
Had a basic understanding of Javascript
First time doing back-end
Didn't know what flask was
First type using Photoshop and Figma!
User-authentication
Little experience with database

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Learning React, Figma, SQL, Javascript, and a lot more in 24 hours than we could have done without the hackathon
Getting the user authentication and registration to work
Using a weather API successfully
Creating satisfying graphics
The sense of fulfillment from each step of the process

What we learned

React, Figma, SQL, Javascript, and more!
Time management!!
Working with a team, maximizing everyone's utility
Github commands--managing different branches and pull requests to facilitate simultaneous work
how the campus center chairs are