uplant
Project of the 2021 hackaTUM
Demo
The web version of the app can be found
(mobile only)
Inspiration
Connection within communities, access to high quality food sources, reduce the climate impact of food delivery.
What it does
UPlant empowers Individuals and communities to plant their own food and make their City greener. Our Step by Step guides makes farming and gardening accessible. Our Projects- designed for collaboration- connect individuals locally to build a community. A Help site dedicated for tutoring further promotes the closeness within the community, by not only being helped, but also knowing who helped and seeing and thanking them personally.
How we built it
We built the app using Flutter, for a platform independent usage. And used Firebase in the backend to coordinate all the data. For safety reasons we don't use any personal information.
Challenges we ran into
Azure had no Flutter plugin and Flutter wasn't able to connect to the database, therefore we had to build a REST API using Azure and python but ran into problems with a request to get the data into the app. In the end we decided to use Firebase as an alternative due to the expiring time.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
In a small team of 2, with little knowledge , we managed to build a solid concept and implement it nearly completely in less than 36 hours.
What we learned
Basic Azure functionalities, Flutter basics, SQL-Server handling.
What's next for Urban Gardening
To expand and remain local, UPlant has to categorize users and their contents to their zip code.
Built With
- (azure)
- firebase
- flutter
- (python)
- (sql)