pawaitemadisoncollege
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3 years ago First things first! I LOVE this project idea @akcuster! The gamification idea makes it really fun. From a really practical side, the app could also be used by house sitters/plant sitters. I have some friends who travel quite a lot (at least pre-covid), and they always leave a hand-written note (or even several!) explaining how to care for their various plants while they are gone. An app like this could make sharing those instructions so much easier!
I think you sized your project just right - the mvp seems right on target.
- [ ] I think there are some tasks on your project plan that are not mvp? The amount of time students have to work on the indie project during weeks 9-12 is more limited due to the team project; it might be helpful to remove any non-mvp tasks (or maybe label them as non-mvp, if you don't want to lose them).
- [ ] I like that you left photo upload as "non-mvp". One consideration for this version is to instead allow a user to add a link to an image hosted elsewhere. This allows for some pretty pix on the site, but you are off the hook as a a developer for having to manage the upload, sizing, etc.
- [ ] You have a good start on screen design; as you add more, work to stay focused only on screens necessary for mvp.
- [ ] I always like to poke around ProgrammableWeb.com to look for apis that might help in student projects. Here's one that seems to be free, and might be of use: https://trefle.io. It looks like it even provides a url to a photo of the plant that you search for! Anyway, maybe that api will provide some inspiration.
@pawaitemadisoncollege My checkpoint is ready for review.