elliedori / triptyk

Get exposure to different cultures through photos, music, and food

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Triptyk

Intended users

  • Travelers who want to get a feel for a place before they commit to going
  • People who have no vacation days left but want to immerse themselves in another culture

Upon entering the name of a location, users see photos from that place, traditional music from that country, as well as restaurants in their area that serve that country's food.

Triptyk

APIs consumed

  • Unsplash (high-res images)
  • Yelp (local restaurants by cuisine)
  • Youtube Embedded Player (traditional music videos)
  • Google Place Autocomplete (predicative location search)

Technologies used

Triptyk was built on a Sinatra backend, with HTML, CSS, and JQuery on the frontend.

Current functionality

  • User authentication
  • Consumption of APIs (above) to generate relevant content
  • Ability for users to save a destination to their Wanderlist

Future features

  • Refine search to only accept locations
  • Refine API queries to get more precise content
  • Update styling to use color blocking for each section of content

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Get exposure to different cultures through photos, music, and food


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