Pomodoro-Timer

Custom Exotic Pomodoro Timer

by Team Goblin Shark sAram Krakirian, Harvey Nwynn, Joey Ma, Ulrich Neujahr and Victor Wang

1. What is the problem you’re solving?

• Time / Work Management.
• People often encounter distractions during work that reduce productivity and struggle to find the time to rest.

2. What is the solution?

• Custom Exotic Pomodoro.
• Customizable, modular timer (for work & rest, among other things).

3. What is the MVP scope? (core features you must get working)

• Implement CRUD:
  • Create new customized preset timers for any task
  • Read from preset timers stored in the database
  • Update customized timer options
  • Delete customized timers
• Save timers specific to users?
  • Could be done with a log-in feature
  • Could be just storing on the page (db)

4. What are the tough technical challenges involved with solving this problem?

• Create an enjoyable UI/UX.
• Implement Database.
• How to keep track of time?
  • https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-countdown

5. What are the stretch goals?

• Implement different UI/UX themes for users to choose from.
• Tracking of time and of tasks.
• Add a stopwatch feature.
• Simultaneous running of timer/stopwatch.
• Make API calls to retrieve quotes/music/etc. when the timer expires.
• Port app as Chrome/VS Code extension.
• Allow the timer to go off even if the user leaves the web page. (cookie, local storage).

6. What is the technology stack?

• MERN (MongoDB, Express, React, Node)

7. Team Responsibility breakdown: Who’s working on which part?

• Joey: React / Front-End -> Hybrid
• Aram: Backend
• Victor: Back-end / Auth_Session
• Harvey: React hooks / back-end
• Ulrich: React / Front-end