Description as a Tweet:

Like our team, there are many newcomer and veteran hackers who want to participate in hackathons with a team, but don't quite have a solid group already going. HackMeet, the app for Hackers, is a dedicated mobile app for reaching out and finding hackers with convenience!

Inspiration:

When trying to form teams for hackathons, it can often be a bit inconvenient for those who don't automatically have a group formed with friends and such. You often have to make yourself known on slack and either approach random different people individually or just hope that someone approaches you. And even then, its hard to get people with specific skills depending on what you might want for your project (For example you might want someone with more backend experience as opposed to front end).

What it does:

HackMeet is an easy way for people to not only find people who also need teammates but filter various potential teammates based on what skills they have - programming skills, experience, back-end/front-end preference, etc. Within the app, you should be able to make a profile based on your own details in these categories, and search by these individual categories to find teammates that meet the criteria.

How we built it:

The app was built using Android Studio (the standard Java edition using Gradle). We also used Figma for building the prototype of the project. We used Firebase for data management.
Figma Link :
https://www.figma.com/proto/jyLVAvLy4F1nvyMRVXRVy7/HackMeet?node-id=2%3A13&scaling=scale-down&page-id=0%3A1&starting-point-node-id=2%3A13&show-proto-sidebar=1

Technologies we used:

• Java
• Misc

Challenges we ran into:

We first found that choosing an IDE was hard; we originally wanted to use a desktop-based software but we ended up on Android Studio. The greatest challenge we faced was problems with communication and having less experience and communication. None of us had used Android Studio in years, and we didn't anticipate how difficult working on this type of project as a team would be. We worked on separate parts of the project, which led to some confusion about who did what, and some painful troubleshooting when combing our individual parts together. But we all still did a lot of work, with each team member giving their own contributions. We gradually got better at working together as a team and, in spite of the troubleshooting errors, got it all together.

Accomplishments we're proud of:

This was most of our teams' first hackathon, so we are very proud of coming here and trying in the first place, and of course completing the project! We're proud of how we managed to overcome the coding and non-coding challenges with the input of each team member.

What we've learned:

Merging codes using Android Studio is a big pain :)

What's next:

We want to implement:
-Better User Interface
-Providing list of upcoming hackathons
-Adding feedback forms
-Securing the process
-Make the descriptions about Users more clear using tags

Built with:

Java(App Development), Android Studio (App Development), Figma (prototype), Firebase (backend)

Prizes we're going for:

• Best Software Hack
• Best Venture Pitch
• Best Beginner Software Hack
• Best Mobile Hack
• Best Use of Google Cloud

Shilpa Sweth
Michael Xie
Ruchira Sharma
Daniel Vicario

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