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User account tab showing Their current Eco-score
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User account with higher Eco-score
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Shopping menu showing user's search results
Inspiration
We started the hackathon debating on what we wanted to do. Our initial idea was to make a game centered around sustainability. We quickly realized coming up with a game idea was much harder than anticipated. We shifted to making an iPhone app that would allow users to make more sustainable choices throughout their daily lives.
What it does
Our app is a simple shopping list that integrates and ranks items based on widely used sustainability data. We used the Eco-score ranking system in order to quantify the environmental impact of each item. Our goal is to make shopping as easy and eco-friendly as possible for everyone.
How we built it
We build our app using Xcode and swift. Our overall plan for the app : 1) create a Product class with 4 fields: a) Name b) Price c) Image d) Eco-score
User searches -Search HEB
2) get HEB HTML code a) Find name price and image b) Put into product class list - Add to the list c) Search open food facts - Get score - Update product class with Eco-scores 3) Sort the list based on Eco-score 4) Display results
Challenges we ran into
Being amateur programmers, none of us knew the first thing about making an app in swift. We spent many hows looking through online tutorials and documentation. After hours of debugging, and wondering why we choose a programming language none of us knew, we finally had a proof-of-concept product.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
Not only did we have to learn a whole new programming language, but we also had to do it in under 24 hours, and create a working product by the end.
Future feature ideas
Have multiple store support such as Target, Costco, etc... Track order history and user's favorite items to make re-ordering in the future easier. Export shopping list to store's cart to expedite check out, and pay from within the app.
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