FeelAtHome.SG -- The 4 Musketeers

Overseas and homesick? Maybe some homemade food can help! Perfect if you're longing for some Singaporean food and to meet Singaporeans, or if you have some extra food that you don't want to waste!

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Inspiration

Popular dishes like Nasi Lemak and chilli crab, which we can hardly imagine ourselves living without, are largely endemic to our nation. So much so that it is nearly impossible to find our mouth-watering dishes anywhere else in the world. With nearly 350,000 Singaporeans living abroad, many overseas Singaporeans are missing the key ingredient to cure homesickness. This inspired us to come up with a solution - not just to provide a traditional Singaporean culinary experience, but to also connect Singaporeans around the globe through food. Now, with FeelAtHome.SG, a traditional Singaporean experience is just a click away.

What it does

This website essentially allows a user to create an account to either buy traditional, home-made food or sell any food which they may have left over. Thus in this win-win situation, the seller is able to make money on surplus food and the buyer is able to have an appetizing meal, delivered to their doorstep, or they can meet up, to remind them of home. Not only that, we also provide a mentorship service where users can connect with overseas Singaporeans living in their city who are able to share insight into their field of expertise like technology support or information about education.

How we built it

We built a web application mostly based on HTML and CSS (and a little JavaScript to boot), and connected it to Flask, a framework in Python. The back-end processing is done using Flask, and the front-end is all about the HTML and CSS, using Visual Studio Code as our text editor. Additionally, we used Figma to create an interactive wireframe to display the application as it would look on mobile. To collaborate with each other, we used Discord, and the demo video was taken using OBS(Open Broadcaster Software) and edited using DaVinci Studio.

Challenges we ran into

We were challenged by multiple design issues which halted our progress as we tried to provide a more aesthetic experience for the user. Additionally, JavaScript began sending out some errors, and we took a while to fix those as well. We also had an idea to implement a chat within the app, but didn't know where to start. We worked on it for an hour or so, and then we ended up integrating WhatsApp into our app, by redirecting users to a WhatsApp chat with their possible mentor.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

During the course of this project, we managed to identify and solve a real-life issue that pertains to hundreds of thousands of Singaporeans living abroad, something that we as a team are really happy about. Additionally, we believe that we've put together a very efficient and simplistic solution, and a unique one at that.

What we learned

To develop this website, we learnt how to link various languages together in order to provide a smooth user interface, and began to explore more in detail. While styling our web pages, we explored more artistic techniques which greatly improved the overall feel of our solution, and discovered new techniques to style elements on the page. And, most importantly, by working on this solution, we learnt to work as a team, which greatly improved our productivity.

What's next for FeelAtHome.SG

As we expand and develop further we hope to connect Singaporeans living abroad in more ways than just one - not just through food, but through jobs, social networks, residencies and more. We aim to help overseas Singaporean students with more than just food. We plan to start a charity program, where the money that is spent on our site, goes to helping Singaporean students in need.

Credit's / Inspiration

https://codepen.io/canvasplay/pen/WXWobd

https://codepen.io/kristofferh/pen/MyOKMo

https://sweetalert2.github.io/

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