We were inspired by the "Save The Turtles" movement.
As first time hackers (since this is our first hackathon), we faced a conundrum when coming up with our project. What could we make that would be functional yet still within our skill level? After tossing around ideas, the topic of the environment came up. This instantly piqued our interests. As we fleshed out the idea, we moved to different animals and finally settled on turtles. We just felt it in our hearts that that was the way to go. Since we wanted something functional, we decided to have the website give out fun facts on the animals. As we thought about it, we said, "Why limit our website to only turtles? Why don't we make it more inclusive and include MORE reptiles?" And that's where our idea was born. Making it, however, was an experience. We thought a basic website would be good for our skill set. However, we were not prepared for how much work it would be. We started with python and django, only to realize that it wasn't useful for our project and scrapping it the night before, and we moved onto Javascript. We definitely had to put more work into the project to make up for our limited knowledge, but we are proud of what we made, however basic it might be. Overall, it was a great learning experience. It truly is amazing how much you learn by making hands-on projects. There was so much into making a website that we never thought about. We hope that even after this, our website will be functional and useful for everyone. Since it is environmentally friendly (as we only spread factual facts about reptiles) and educational as well, we hope that one day, we will be able to educate everybody on the awe-inspiring facts on reptiles.
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