Send Me a Text

What is it?

A Wix App created during Wix's London Hackathon, that allows website users to send a text message to the website owner via the website. Pre-Wix version can be found here.

How was it done?

Created over a day and a half (including all night coding) with a team of 5 people, 3 of which contributed to the code: Nicolas Carey, [Tatiana] and myself.

Which technologies were used?

• Angular.js
• Bower
• Wix's Javascript SDK
• Postgres
• DataMapper
• Rspec
• Ruby
• Twilio API
• Sinatra
• Heroku

My contribution

For 4 to 5 hours I pair-programmed with [Tatiana] who covered most of the base code over night herself. I built the backend, including database models, Sinatra server, and integration with Twilio API. I then came in on the Sunday to get the app working with Heroku and Twilio to be able send texts.

What did I learn?

• Working as a team with people from very different backgrounds, that I didn't know before
• Importance of sticking to the bare minimum features for a Hackathon product
• [Makers Academy] teaches you a lot more about best practices than you think!