Watch w/ Me

Inspiration

We were inspired to create Watch w/ Me because of how hard it can be to find people who have the same taste in movies as you.

What it does

Watch w/ Me uses an already established business model and framework made popular by Tinder, to connect people to others with similar tastes in movies. Users can swipe left or right on a number of different profiles.

How we built it

We built the frontend of this project using React Js, CSS and HTML. For the backend, we started off with connecting to CockroachDB using Sequelize. Then, we defined a user model to store the data, including username, profile images. We then query the database and set up backend routes to send the data, such as all the users near you. You can decide whether to accept them or not based on their profile. The frontend can make a GET request to get the data from these backend routes.

Challenges we ran into

The most challenging part of our project was connecting to the Cockroach database. We ran into many problems implementing it on Windows. However, with the help of our mentors, we managed to connect to the database with Sequelize.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

The accomplishments we're most proud of are the card swiping mechanics we built.

What we learned

We learned a lot about using a number of different technologies together.

What's next for Watch w/ Me

We plan to add a DM's section soon, something we weren't able to do in our given time.

Built With

• cockroachdb
• css
• html
• javascript
• mern
• node.js
• react