hackATeam

Inspiration

Finding teammates for a Hackathon is usually even harder than the Hackathon itself, especially when you're a new hacker and your skill level does not match.

What it does

Our solution to this problem was to create a skill based matching algorithmic mobile application to match various skills of Hackathon participants to one another. Those who have ideas can submit them and choose people to join their team. While those who want to join a team can submit their skills, personal interests, and previous projects in order to find potential teams.

How we built it

We built a three - tier mobile application on Android using Java as the front end, Firebase and Azure MySQL databases, and an write our own PHP / node.JS APIs to connect them.

Challenges we ran into

We had a difficult time connecting servers (Microsoft Azure) to the Android front end. We couldn't get the data moving from back to front, until trying Google Firebase and then ran out of time to learn it.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

A fully functioning front end and database made from scratch on both platforms to present the production prototype.

What we learned

We are all first time hackers coming from SJSU and we had an amazing time in this environment. We learned so much about front end development using Java and integrating it with database servers.