PosiTalk | Devpost

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Inspiration

Mental health has always been a prominent issue that is becoming more and more prevalent due to the isolation we have to go through because of COVID-19. Sometimes, we might not always have someone to lean on. PosiTalk serves as a tool for people who are struggling with mental health issues or just having a bad day to find comfort in chatting with supportive people going through the same thing because we can always use a shoulder to lean on.

What it does

PosiTalk serves as a online chatting web app that allows users to chat with someone 1on1 or with a group based on their mood. After chatting, the user is prompted to give their Posi-Partner a rating so that toxic users can be avoided and banned to provide a safe haven and community for our users to find comfort using our web app.

How we built it

We created PosiTalk using the React framework as a front end using the JavaScript language. We're also using Google Firebase as a database storage as well as the backend.

Challenges we ran into

One challenge we ran into was a problem of inexperience on the team. Learning the CSS design part of things was so difficult and tedious and took up a lot of time. Another big chunk of time was spent watching videos and actually learning how to program in a completely new language. Another problem was adapting and adjusting to different time zones and conflicting schedules.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

With two of our members being first-time Hackathon participants, we were more on the inexperienced side. On top of that, none of our members have had prior experience with developing a web app or working with databases. Some people on the team had conflicting schedules and it was difficult to find a time to work on the project together so we were adaptable and worked independently at times and had faith in our team members to get things done.

What we learned

I'm proud to say we learned so much about web app development, the struggles of CSS, and implementing a Google Firebase database back end to our project! We learned that creating a good web app takes a lot of time and energy...

What's next for PosiTalk

PosiTalk has a long way to go. We think it really has potential in creating an online chatting website that is monitored, safe, and comforting for users to chat about mental health. We plan to add more features to make it more focused on mental health as well, such as helpful links and resources. We have the UI/UX design and idea ready but what's left to do is polishing up the code!

Built With

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TAMUhack 2021

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I mostly helped develop the front end of our project using CSS and JavaScript. This was my first hackathon and my first time using CSS, so it did take some time for me to learn the basics and understand the program, but it was a fun experiment. I look forward to participating in more hackathons and developing new projects.

Allyson Ochoa
I helped with some of the front end using JavaScript and CSS and registered the domain name with Domain.com. I also aided in the script which was part of the demo.

Diva Kohli
Back-end Javascript development using Google Firebase.

Mahirah Samah
I worked on the both the front-end using Javascript and CSS, and back-end with Google Firebase. I also did the UI/UX design layout on Figma and edited the video with Filmora Wondershare. This was my first hackathon and I'm super grateful for this opportunity to develop these skills!

Luan Nguyen
Junior majoring in MIS at the University of Houston