Inspiration
Financial literacy is not prioritized in American education and we felt the need to demonstrate its importance to enable the general population to have the resources they need to make important decisions pertaining to money.
What it does
Our website provides users with a simulation to play the Game of 21, observe how much money they could save/lose when gambling, and determine how much they could earn when investing. Additionally, we have provided various resources about financial literacy to our users.
How we built it
We built the website using HTML and CSS and wrote the code for the game in javascript while utilizing Code.org for the graphics. We uploaded our website through the Google Cloud Platform.
Challenges we ran into
We ran into the challenge of uploading our website to the Google Cloud Platform, as this was our first time using the resource. However, by watching the video of the Google Cloud workshop, we were able to determine the most effective way to upload our code.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
We're proud of the fact that we created both the website and the Game of 21 from scratch. While it may not have been the easiest, it definitely enabled us to learn about the entire process of coding rather than just working on the frontend or backend.
What we learned
We learned how to use Google Cloud Platform and we learned how to combine javascript code with graphics from Code.org.
What's next for Wonder Investment
In future versions, we plan to make the data visualization interactive, by creating a spreadsheet that allows users to input their principal value and choose their bank to determine how much money, on average, they could save when investing over various periods of time.
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