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Scoreboard for the two cafeterias

Inspiration

Every day is plagued with constant argument with our hallmates over which dining hall we are going to eat at for the night. To put an end to this turmoil, we wanted to create an app that objectively shows which dining hall students think is best.

What it does

Peter Eater is a service that enables UCI students to rate their meals at the two dining halls on campus, Anteatery and Brandywine. It also allows them to view the ratings and comments of other students who have eaten the same meals. The service aggregates the ratings for each meal at each dining hall and calculates the daily average to determine which dining hall performed better for that day. At the end of every quarter, we curate a “Spotify Wrapped” style recap for each dining hall.

How we built it

We used TypeScript and React Native for the frontend, Python, JavaScript, and SQLite on the backend and then we used CSS for the overall design of our app.

Challenges we ran into

The major challenges we ran into was working with React Native since none of us had any prior experience, connecting the frontend to the backend via Flask, and converting our Figma to CSS. (Template via https://www.figma.com/community/file/974501753241773673)

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Connecting the frontend to the backend! Working and navigating between different screens in React Native. Learning a completely new language in less than a day!

What we learned

How to collaborate effectively! Got more acquainted with Git, and exposed to several new languages.

What's next for Peter Eater

We are planning on implementing several features soon.

Calendar Archive: See past ratings and comments of any meal and compare the dining halls over time.

Image Upload: Upload pictures of your food with your ratings and comments.

Reactions and Voting: React to other students’ feedback with emojis and votes.

Built With

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IrvineHacks 2024

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I worked on the front end of the application, as well as assisted everyone on the team on setting up their environment for development.

Sebastian Ala Torre
I worked on back-end and front-end. For back-end I connected sqlite3 to python and wrote the basic code for our database to be set up in. For front-end I worked on CSS and design as well as React-Native button navigation.

Mihir Vaishampayan
I worked on back-end and front-end. For back-end, I worked on utilizing sqlite in order to create a database that would store infomation being pulled from ZotMeal API. For front-end, I worked with React Native Typescript to implement new screens, buttons, and connecting screens to one another. Additionally, I developed the prototypes for the UI that we would utilize alongside the logo creation. It was my first time working with React Native and front-end in general, thus I struggled a lot with learning the syntax and trying to connect screens to one another.

Julia Nguyen
I worked on implementing the back-end with APIs and database management. I built the Flask framework that allowed the front-end to get parsed JSON data and enabled the reading and updating of important information.

Cory Kai Yonemura