• 🏆Won 1st place at NewHacks 2023 Hackathon
• Technologies Used: Svelte, SvelteKit, TailwindCSS, MapBox, Firebase, Github Triggers, and Docker
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We were inspired by the stray cats we see around Toronto.

This web platform is designed to assist people in locating stray cats in their area. People can earn PawPoints by feeding stray cats and providing photo evidence. The platform offers two main sections: "Tracked Cats" allows you to view the locations of all previously tracked cats, while "Found a Cat?" lets you report new stray cats by uploading a photo, naming them, describing their appearance or habits, and pinpointing their location on a map. This project aims to support your efforts in caring for stray cats and making a positive impact in your community.

We built this web platform using a combination of web development technologies and tools. TypeScript was used in place of JavaScript. The front-end of the platform was developed using the Svelte via SvelteKit. For the visual design and styling, we used a combination of vanilla CSS and TailwindCSS. We also used Mapbox in our project to display the main map component. Our backend was built with a combination of SvelteKit and Firebase (Google Cloud). Firebase was used as a database and for authentication. We have containerized our application using Docker, setup Google Cloud Build with triggers, and setup a service at Google Cloud Run, which continuously builds and deploys the application from the Github repository.

We originally began work on a mobile application, even though none of us had prior experience in that domain. As we delved the app, we realized the complexity and learning curve it entailed. So, we made the decision to pivot to web development, where the majority of our team members were more comfortable and had expertise.

We are proud of completing the project to the scope we originally planned for and for using a wide range of technologies. Specifically, we're proud of using Firebase for user authentication and as our database, of continuous delivery process, of integrating the map, and of ourselves for all using technologies we were not originally familiar with