An updated recording was done after the time to showcase all features: https://youtu.be/M5mLASVoOoo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzAtgiNJ65k&t=1s - Recording done before 12:15PM
Inspiration
Our group was inspired to create Taggies due to recent circumstances surrounding the pandemic. Due to the outbreak, many Aggies are studying from home and there are several strict rules and regulations regarding in-person meetings. Because of this, several Aggies, especially freshman or transfer students, may find it difficult to start friendships with so many restrictions. Thus, Taggies was born! Taggies makes it easy to create a profile (a tag!) and start meeting fellow Aggies via an exclusive online platform. It's an excellent way to start chatting with people in the same major, dorm, or year!
Challenges We Faced
As a beginner group, our team had exactly zero experience with the Backend (Azure,SQL,Express) and the front end (HTML,CSS,Node.js). Thus, we had to learn during the hackathon as we programmed our very first web page together. We read and watched a variety of tutorials and instructional videos on learning the basics of how to create websites. While one member was learning how to link pages together to create working buttons on the site, another was learning how to link the inputted information to the server. The stakes were definitely high, but we managed to pull through together!
What We Learned
For starters, we learned a lot about programming in HTML/CSS as well as how to create a server with AzureDB and SQL for our page along with deploying it via AzureVM. Not only this, but we also gained a lot of experience working together as a team and supporting one another. Because no one on our team had prior experience working with these languages, we had to communicate our errors constantly and help each other solve the various issues we faced.
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