StudyBetter

Inspiration

The sports betting market is projected to hit 17.23bn dollars in 2025, imagine being able to use it for productivity.

What it does

StudyBetter is a platform that allows organizers to create and upload bets involving the academic outcomes of university students. Users will be able to bet on these outcomes, providing additional motivation to study, and fostering healthy competition.

How we built it

We used Postgres, react, Node.js, JavaScript, HTML, CSS

Challenges we ran into

As the premiere hackathon for the majority of our team, we faced many challenges, including unfamiliarity with certain technologies, miscommunications in design goals, and some issues with lack of planning.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Our front end engineer Barsin is proud to have learned 2 new languages within the span of 12 hours. Our full stack developer Ryan is proud of the organization and project management skills he showcased. Our database specialist Arielle is proud to have learned new technologies, and implement a strong system design. UX designer Ibraheem is proud to have created an effective and intuitive layout.

What we learned

We learned valuable lessons on the importance of communication, research, and sleep. We learned new technologies, and how to work as a team.

What's next for StudyBetter

We hope to: Reorganize the front-end codebase to enable more efficient changes in the future. Implement the organizer side of the backend. Implement a transaction system.