BergInsights

Summary

A group of Penn freshmen present their web application, Berg Insights, which displays menu items and wait times for dining halls based on crowdsourced ratings and comments. It also includes Berg Dash, a food delivery service allowing students to order dining hall meals and enable student deliverers to earn money by bringing food to dorms. The goal is an all-in-one platform for the Penn dining experience.

Takeaways

• 😊 The web app is called Berg Insights and was created by Daniel, Dylan and Ari
• 👨‍💻 The main feature is the Entree Map which scrapes menus and crowdsources ratings and comments
• 🍽 The Entree Map shows daily menus, ratings and comments for Berg dining hall meals
• ⌛ There is a wait time tracker that shows crowdscoured Berg dining hall wait times
• 📝 A form allows users to rate meals, leave comments and report wait times
• 🗳 Submitted ratings and comments update the Entree Map averages
• 📱 Berg Dash is a food delivery platform for getting Berg dining hall food delivered
• 🛵 Students can earn money delivering food ordered through Berg Dash
• 📑 Customers can view purchase history and menus through Berg Dash
• 🚚 Berg Insights and Berg Dash provide an all-in-one Berg dining platform

Q & A

What is the name of the web application the team created?

The name of the web application is Berg Insights.

What does the Entree Map feature of Berg Insights do?

The Entree Map feature scrapes the Berg website to display the entrees available for a given meal on a given day. It also shows crowdsourced ratings and comments for those entrees.

What information does the form on Berg Insights collect?

The form collects information on wait times, meal ratings, comments, and contact information to update the crowdsourced data.

What is the purpose of Berg Dash?

Berg Dash is a food delivery platform for delivering food from Anenberg Hall to students in their dorm rooms.

Who can be a food deliverer on Berg Dash?

Any student who wants to make money by delivering food orders from Anenberg Hall to dorm rooms can sign up to be a food deliverer on Berg Dash.

How does a customer pay for an order on Berg Dash?

Customers pay deliverers directly by providing their Venmo username when placing an order on Berg Dash.

What can customers view in their account on Berg Dash?

Customers can view their past purchase history and the Anenberg Hall menu through links in their Berg Dash account.

Who created the Berg Insights web application?

The Berg Insights web application was created by a team consisting of Daniel, Dylan, and Ari.

What year in college are Daniel, Dylan, and Ari?

Daniel and Dylan are freshman, while details on Ari's academic year were not provided.

What functionality does the navigation bar provide?

The navigation bar allows users to access the About page, Contact Us page, and Berg Dash platform.