Inspiration
While brainstorming different ideas for Environmental-Based Projects, we wanted to focus on a concept that we could work to fix. When it comes to the Environment, people have a common mindset. " The environment will be fine. Besides, what can one person do?". The answer is, one person can do a lot! We only have one Earth and we need to do a lot to protect it. We started to think about possible ways to do this, and we landed on the idea of limiting our energy use. This is a simple solution that everyone can take part in. Our app provides the users with different environmentally and energy friendly challenges that they can complete every day to help save our earth!
How we built it
We built this app throughout the use of a site called Code.org. This is a site that allows us to code our app through the clicking and dragging of code blocks to our design. This site has specific color themes. It lets us test drive our coding and is very beginner friendly.
Challenges we ran into
This was overall a really fun project to work on, but it was not easy. The main challenge we faced throughout this project was the fact that we did not know how to code. We had no prior knowledge that would have helped us since we both had never been in a coding or computer science class before. All of the information that we had to work with was completely new and challenging. We had to stick with a beginner site to use seeing as how we had never coded before.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
Even though we were complete beginners to the world of coding, we still managed to finish the project and create our app. This to us, is a huge accomplishment and one that we are very proud of. This project has opened up our eyes to coding and we both hope to pursue it more in the future. Going through with this challenge, we both think that at the next hackathon, we will be better equipped to handle this project and next time we hope to win!
What we learned
In this project, we learned about important ways to improve our Earth and ecosystems. We learned how to code using simple terminology and how to incorporate that system of coding into our final product. We learned that mistakes are going to happen throughout any project that we work on and the best thing to do is to move past them and work on improving for next time.
What's next for Our Part: An Energy Efficient Tasks App
“Our Part” hopes to expand to add even more levels and challenges in the coming years. We hope to add more prizes and rewards that come with those new challenges. Our goal is to expand our app to at least 100 or more levels. “Our Part” will grow and expand and hopefully be offered on bigger platforms such as the google play store or app store. “Our Part” will continue to be a completely free app, because saving the planet should be something that everyone can take part in.
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