CartShare

A full-stack application that focuses on automating the process of asking for help from the neighborhood when purchasing items, which is especially helpful for the elderly and immunocompromised.

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Inspiration

We were seeing that in this day and age, there are many people who are unable to go out and get their necessities, especially due to COVID-19.

What it does

It allows a user to create a shopping list, and have certain items wishlisted. These wishlisted items will be available for neighbors to see, so that they can lend a helping hand and purchase them for the person in need. It also creates notifications for the user when an item is bought for them, thereby organizing the neighborhood as it helps its vulnerable population.

How we built it

We built the server in Go and the application in Vue.js.

Challenges we ran into

Getting the Vue.js application to communicate with the Go server, especially with CORS errors.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Building a full-stack application in a day, and building an application with advanced functionality which is mostly hidden from users but working for them behind the scenes.

What we learned

We learned about different methods of problem solving and debugging for web apps and servers.

What's next for CartShare

Adding a better UI and more security features to be able to expand it to the world.

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