WorkoutBuddy

Inspiration

Quarantine and closing of gyms! Many workout platforms don't have a feature that allows users to connect and work out with their friends virtually.

What it does

Connects users and communities and motivates them to work out together from home.

How I built it

We used a react template as a start for our front-end and heavily edited it to suit our application. We hosted it used firebase and attempted to incorporate video-chat using webRTC. Prototyping and ideating was done in Figma.

Challenges I ran into

We ran into a lot of trouble trying to get webRTC's peer to peer connection to work, as well as initially creating the react layout from the designs we received from our designers.

Accomplishments that I'm proud of

Using Bootstrap to create a layout from our designers, ideating and prototyping our designs for the ideas we had in Figma, working together remotely, not giving up when we started over eight hours in, not pulling our hair out every time our code didn't compile or git stopped working.

What I learned

Work through the most difficult part of the project first to ensure that you can actually get it working, and don't get bogged down in smaller things that aren't central to the bigger picture. Also use .gitignore with node modules or else you'll be recloning your repo like every time you pull.

What's next for WorkoutBuddy

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