wallet.tech | Devpost

Inspiration

We wanted to make a budget app for college students that was simple and easy to use. The budgeting apps that are currently on the market like Mint/Chime have a more complex interface and can be difficult to use due to the variety of non-essential features it has. With our application, the features are robust and simple so users can focus on metrics that matter most. We emphasized user accessibility and readability allowing for all college students to use and understand.

What it does

We implemented a budget application that keeps track of a student's budget and expenses. To this effect, we added a login page and home page so each student can keep track of their own budget. Specific to students we implemented categories including "swipe" that keep track of the amount of money students use for swipes. We have a description box and amount as we felt these were the most important fields for tracking expenses. Lastly, we have a totals category so users can keep track of the total amount of money spent and how it compares to their total budget.

How we built it

The front end that we used is React, Tailwind CSS and Javascript. The back end that we used is Node JS, Express JS, MySQL database that is hosted on Amazon EC2 Database which is configured to handle post requests for incoming data containing login information.

Challenges we ran into

The biggest challenges we ran into were integrating the login page with the home page, working the login page use the MySQL database hosted on AWS, along with making the design of the homepage aesthetically pleasing.