PicLift | Devpost

Inspiration

People face stress everyday, but an effective way to cope is to distract oneself. Thinking about things we like can change our mood quickly.

What it does

We allow users to create accounts and input their interests We give the users pictures of things the like to help them destress

How I built it

Planning Color schemes, phases, architecture, sequence diagrams (of how frontend and backend would interact with each other) Development Frontend: HTML,CSS,JS Backend: Python (which was later connected to a database) Implemented custom Google Search API (to retrieve specific images), a database (to store username, password, interests, urls) Rendered the urls on to HTML files Programs used: AWS Cloud9, Atom, Justinmind(for planning and prototyping), Postman (for JSON), Django (for web framework)

Challenges I ran into

Combining Python and Web Development languages and merging their code to make the program run was our biggest obstacle.

Accomplishments that I'm proud of

We found out how to implement a Google search engine API and create a database to store user information such as username, password, and personal interests.

What I learned

We learned how to implement many different programs to create a cohesive, functioning web application. More specifically, we learned how to write a formal plan including the architecture, schema, sequence diagram, etc.

What's next for PicLift

Code to check passwords, optimize runtime by caching search queries and storing them in database, and implement Google Calender API to send notifications based on users' schedules.

Acknowledgements

Thank you to Superposition and Uber for hosting us! We could not have done it without the support and leadership of all the organizers. Also, shout out to our mentor, Jacob Sevart, for being so patient with us and guiding us through the planning and development process.