ForkScore

Inspiration

Imagine: you're in a new city and looking for something to eat. You look at Yelp, Google Maps, etc. and it all looks good, but you have no idea how healthy it really is. What do you do? This is where ForkScore comes in.

What it does

ForkScore is an app that takes local restaurants and ranks them based on the nutritional value of the dishes sold. This includes prioritizing high protein, low-calorie foods that are high in antioxidants, all assembled in a final score from 1-10.

How we built it

We built our app with an express/typescript backend, a React frontend, a serverless CockroachDB instance to store restaurant data, and a UI designed in Figma.

Challenges we ran into

We ran into a challenge while using React Native since none of us had Macs or Androids and all the other ways of emulating React Native broke for us, so we had to ditch the idea and work in regular React.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We designed an easy-to-read UI with Figma and an effective backend powered by a serverless CockroachDB instance, which is something we had to learn on the spot. However, we're most proud of our efficiency as a team and our ability to quickly adapt, despite us being newly acquainted at this event.

What we learned

We learned a lot about team workflows as well as prioritizing what's really important. We had to learn not to focus too much on the details, especially with the short time frame we had.

What's next for ForkScore

We're hoping to implement more variety of information and more sophisticated scoring measures. We also wanted to implement some third-party APIs, such as being able to form a Doordash order or logging dishes into MyFitnessPal automatically.

Built With

• cockroachdb
• express.js
• react
• typeorm
• typescript