Inspiration
During previous hackathons, my teammate and I have seen people struggling to find resources, tips, and links that they need. This can cause a lot of stress, and that is not healthy. My teammate and I decided to create a webpage It has everything you need for a hackathon on it. And not only does it compile everything you need, Easy MLH also provides hackers with tips, tricks, and a relaxation page built with simplicity, and a sense of calming.
What it does
This project provides many useful tips, resources, and even includes a relaxation page with many interesting features. The relaxation page was built off of scientifically-based concepts. Easy MLH also reduces the amount of stress first time hackers go through, and even provides resources to alleviate practically all of the hacker's stress.
How we built it
We used HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. We used GitHub as our hosting platform, and domain.com for our domain.
Challenges we ran into
We ran into quite a lot of challenges. Most of them being JavaScript related. Both of us have not really worked on the JavaScript environment, and so learning about the syntax and hooking up the DOM was very difficult. I also found that the CSS was very difficult. The animation on the relaxation page is 100% CSS based.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
We are proud that we have gotten the entire thing to work, and the relaxation page is by far our favorite part of this project.
What we learned
We learned how to properly use GitHub with VS code integration. We also learned a lot of JavaScript.
What's next for easyMLH
Better styling with CSS, and more features. Because we did not have a backend, we had to copy lots of code, most notably the navigation bar. We would make all that PHP files, and eventually implement team searching. The process for signing up for a MLH hackthon has never been easier!
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