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Our Resources tab!
Cards showcase!
Showcasing our Dark-Mode feature!

StudentPluh

By Francis Gabriel Anos and Elijah James

Inspiration

Before going into the project, we thought about how we can improve the lives of students like us. We settled on the idea of creating a website that hosts helpful student resources that we ourselves use. Next, was what to call our website - we wanted something funny, but also pertains to our cause. Recently we had seen a funny meme (here), which is hidden in our website, and decided to mix "Student" and "Pluh" (Plug).

What it does

Our website has multiple functions. The most prominent function is the resources tab, where we keep multiple helpful student resources. Our research section features multiple tabs with clickable cards that reveal a description and a clickable link. Our textbook section allows people to search ISBNs and are currently able to get Amazon Prices for it. For aesthetic and accessibility, we’ve added a dark-mode option to the website as well, and mobile responsiveness.

How we built it

To build our website, we used HTML/CSS and JavaScript, an Amazon API to pull data from, and used Google Firebase to deploy our website.

Challenges we ran into

Going into the project, we both had different coding backgrounds and were both beginners at JavaScript. To prepare, we both learned extensively about it, and how we can use it to build our design. Another problem we faced was the APIs. One of our APIs, AbeBooks, was difficult to use and was an extreme headache.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We’re both proud of the amount we’ve learned and what we’ve built, and being able to deploy our first-ever website was a great feeling.

What we learned

We’ve learned a whole lot: JavaScript, APIs, and Web Development - it might have been a pain, but we’re happy. We'll be able to take what we've learned from this project and apply it to future ones, which is what we're aiming for - to build experience!

What's next for StudentPluh

StudentPluh won’t be going away for a long time. We plan on implementing more APIs for the textbook search function and have more ideas coming - one of which is a resume helper. We also plan to update the resource page constantly, putting whatever we find helpful on it as well as making it more intuitive to use by creating a filter and tag system to identify which resources are right for you. Lastly, we hope to branch our website out further to college and high-school students to get feedback and build a community. Thank you!