Background
Tired of the same Mini NYTs, Wordles, etc? Want to show off your cinephile side? Interested in having your interest piqued in new movies? QuickFlicks serves all your movie-lover needs!
Timeline
- Week 1 (1/22-1/28): Set up Github repo and Figma, review resources for mentors and other helpful people
- Week 2 (1/29-2/4): Designers: ideation, user flow
- Week 3 (2/5 - 2/11) : Developers: frontend and backend connection, Designers: lo-fi mockup for landing page and connections game
- Week 4 (2/12 - 2/18): Developers: frontend landing page, frontend connections game, Designers: hi-fi mockup for landing page and connections page, lo-fi mockup user page and leadership page
- Weeks 5 & 6 (2/26 - 3/3): Developers: backend connections page, Designers: hi-fi mockups for user page and leadership page
- Week 7 (3/4 - 3/10): Developers: frontend user page, frontend leaderboard, user database setup, user authentication, Designers: hi-fi mockup for marketplace page, any remaining hi-fis
- Week 8 (3/11 - 3/17): Developers: frontend user page, frontend leaderboard, user database setup, user authentication, Designers: hi-fi mockup for marketplace page, any remaining hi-fis
- Week 9 (3/18 - 3/24): Developers: user database setup, user authentication cont., integration with database (sign-in, scores are saved, leaderboard with other users), Designers: hi-fi updates based on midpoint feedback
- Week 10 (3/25 - 3/31): Developers: integration with database (sign-in, scores are saved, leaderboard with other users) cont., Designers: hi-fi updates based on midpoint feedback
- Week 11 (4/1 - 4/7): Developers: update styling based on new hi-fis, finish features/styling, Designers: hi-fi updates on midpoint feedback
- Weeks 12 & 13 (4/8 - 4/21): Deployment
- Week 14 (4/22 - 4/29): SHOWCASE!
Challenges
Struggling to get the IMDb API calls to work.
Takeaways
Working around our struggles while still being able to achieve our MVPs.