Snowball

A web application that provides the user with a virtual environment where they can focus and concentrate on a task or tasks.
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Created By

Tony, Anna, Yurim, Binh

Inspiration

Our inspiration for this web application is from personal experience and also from seeing my fellow peers struggling to focus. With the pandemic, it brought on a lot more distraction and stress, and we find it increasingly harder to focus and concentrate.

What it does

This web application provides the user with a virtual environment where they can focus and concentrate on a task or tasks. This has 3 main components:

1. Timer
2. Task List
3. Music

For the timer, we specifically designed it around the Pomodoro technique. The Pomodoro technique is a time management system that enables the person to work with the time that they have rather than against it. It breaks your working session into 25 minute chunks followed by 5 minute breaks (an interval known as a pomodoro). Whenever the person's 5 minute break starts, they are given a pop-up message containing a mindfulness tip of ways they can reduce stress. After 4 pomodoros, you take a longer break of 15 minutes. Users can also create a to-do list that will keep them organized with their tasks. They can also log into Spotify through the web app to enjoy some music while working, without other distractions.

What we used to build it

• Python
• Django
• Javascript
• HTML
• CSS
• SQLite
• Spotify Web API
• jQuery