During the development of SafeHaven, our team faced several challenges, primarily due to our limited experience in web development as first-year students. Our prior knowledge was confined to static frontend web development, and we had little to no understanding of backend development.

Responsive Design: One of the initial challenges we encountered was making our website responsive. Ensuring that our website looked and functioned well across different devices and screen sizes was a daunting task for us as beginners.

Backend Development: Our lack of knowledge in backend development was another significant hurdle. Implementing dynamic functionalities and handling data storage were areas where we felt out of our depth.

How We Overcame It:

Teamwork: Despite our limited experience, our team worked cohesively and collaboratively. We divided tasks based on our strengths and weaknesses, ensuring that everyone had a role to play and could contribute effectively to the project.

Mentor Guidance: The guidance and support from our mentors were invaluable. They provided us with insights, advice, and solutions to the challenges we faced, helping us navigate through the complexities of web development.

Self-Study: Recognizing the gaps in our knowledge, we took the initiative to self-study and learn new concepts and technologies. We spent hours researching and watching tutorials online to grasp the basics of backend development, Node.js, and MongoDB.

Feedback Form Implementation: One of our accomplishments during the hackathon was successfully implementing a feedback form. With the help of online resources, we learned how to use Node.js and MongoDB to store the data from the feedback form, marking our first venture into backend development.

Looking back, we are proud and astonished at how much we were able to learn and accomplish in just 24 hours.