Iyan, Katie, Jerry, Kevin
Inspiration
Informational websites that have a purpose for improving a specified cause, and poverty in Washington disallowing usage of electricity for some.
What it does
Interactive elements and real-time updating dashboard to inform and contribute to the even allocation of energy resources.
How we built it
Using HTML, CSS, JS to build the frontend, and Python fetching data from the EIA API to make up our backend.
Challenges we ran into
Not being able to fetch data due to confusing documentation of API, and merging changes together.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
Making a functional website, learning how to integrate multiple languages into one project, smooth collaboration between team members.
What we learned
New coding skills, API integration
What's next for WattsUp
Broadening coverage of application, faster processing, improvement of user inferface, and hosting the website in a public domain.
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