DartCard Max Gibson, Matt Marcus, and Rob Meyer
Idea of App Easily take a photo and send a physical postcard from your cell phone, complete with message and address Rainy day in beautiful Florida? No problem, find a photo taken nearby during better weather! Nominal fee: $1.50/card
Demoing the App Download it from our website: Proceed through the app, choosing a photo and writing a message Use real to/from addresses that you know exist (the app will be upset with you if you don’t!): – 2940 Hinman – Dartmouth College – Hanover, NH Use demo credit card so you can see resulting postcard but it isn’t actually mailed and you don’t have to pay: – credit card number , with any expiration and code Click the link to download and look at your beautiful postcard!
Workflow of App
Lessons Learned Github makes things easy A good UI is very important Working with external APIs can be challenging but drastically expands what an app can do How to create a back-end that is built to scale using appropriate algorithms