Made by Team SouthCoders
Addiction to Travelling
Lots of people plan and take holidays and, overall, they can be pretty stress free. The problems start when trying to plan a group holiday, where do people want to go? What excursions shall we do? How can I keep in contact with other members and what messaging service do they use? Well, we wanted to take the hassle out of organising group trips and so Trippy was born to make it simpler and more enjoyable. This app is designed to help groups collaborate and organize their plans all in one place. From signing up to logging in, the app remembers you and loads the trips you have planned together with your itineraries and even possibilities. You can add members to your group and even have different friendship groups going on different trips! If you don’t like someone then just delete them! (not really, just remove from the group!) The app gives real time weather forecasts for the next five days together with a map of where you are as well. You can search for destinations when planning your holiday and view a map of where you plan to go. You can also amend your profile as well by including a funny avatar or even a boring picture of you in a suit! But the best bit? We have built native messaging into the app so you can chat with others in your groups can swap ideas, discuss plans and generally keep up with the gossip! Even better is that there are different rooms for every trip you’ve planned so you can keep your conversations private from other groups! So, take the hassle out of planning your group trips with Trippy!
The Team
Mark Workman
After varied careers in retail and teaching, I am now…
embarking on the next chapter and diving into the world of coding and software development. I have always been a huge fan of technology and saw this bootcamp as the perfect way to turn what I enjoy into a career. The amount I have learnt over these past 13 weeks has been phenomenal, from learning the basics about JavaScript to building, with 4 others, a fully working app with associated back-end database and UI/UX is totally mind-blowing! I am now really excited to see where these new skills can take me on this journey.
Callum Blejean
I’ve embarked on an exciting journey into the world of…
programming, combining my problem-solving skills with creativity to build tools that make life simpler and more efficient. Passionate about exploration, both in code and in life, I strive to create apps that deliver innovative solutions to everyday challenges.
Serkan Onal
After transitioning from IT Support Technician to a Junior…
full-stack developer, I’m proof that a little courage and a lot of curiosity can go a long way. Prior to diving into Northcoders’ immersive bootcamp, my web development knowledge was just the tip of the iceberg—but now I’ve emerged with a solid foundation and a hunger to keep growing. With patience, attention to detail, and logical thinking, I’ve gained confidence in my ability to excel in this industry. Northcoders offered the perfect platform to fast-track my transition, and I’m amazed at the progress I’ve made in such a short period. Passionate about blending creativity and functionality, I have a particular love for art and UI/UX design, crafting intuitive and engaging user experiences. I’m genuinely excited to keep building on my skills over the coming years and to see where this journey takes me!
Abdiaziz Mohamed
Junior Software Developer who loves art, games, and code. I…
am motivated to learn and keep improving my skills.
Stefano Di Michele
After years of exploring fintech, I took a leap into…
software development to transform my curiosity and passion into a thriving career. Completing the immersive Northcoders bootcamp has been a transformative experience, enabling me to build full-stack applications from the ground up. With a knack for turning ideas into functional and user-friendly applications, I’ve come to enjoy the blend of creativity and logic that coding offers. My favourite part? Tackling challenges whether it’s optimising processes or refining UI/UX for a seamless user experience. This journey has just begun, and I’m driven by a passion for product development and a desire to create meaningful, impactful solutions.
Tech Stack
We used: PostgreSQL, Node.Js, React, React-Native, Expo, socket.io, Firebase, Openweathermap.org, Google Places API, HTML5 and CSS3 We used PSQL for the back end and node.js with React for the front-end as we were used to these from the bootcamp. As we were developing a cross-platform app, we settled on react-native and Expo as these required minimal changes from react in writing the code. Firebase was chosen for its ease of use and features and OpenWeatherMap.org and Google.places.api for their easily accessible and free API’s. Finally, we chose socket.io for its ease of use, it was free and integrated very nicely into our back end.
Challenges Faced
Initially getting Expo to run on WSL and also getting the weather to display on the itinerary screen.