React seems like the perfect choice of JS library to build a UI that involves a dashboard for browsing data and charts.
The last few months have been a strange and difficult time for everyone. Covid19 has had an impact on almost everyone all over the world. It’s easy to get distracted by all the heartbreaking news. I’m sure a lot of people who would be reading this blog would have been affected by it on some level.
For my final portfolio project, I decided to try and build an app related to public health. London has particularly high proportion of school-aged children aged 4-5 and 10-11 who are overweight and obese. I wanted to focus on shining a light on this issue by sharing the data available from Public Health England’s fingertips profile. I visualised the finished product to be a chart that will enable users to browse and display and compare data across different areas in London.
When I was growing up, I enjoyed learning school. I enjoyed studying, writing copious notes and memorising.
For my Rails project, I decided to move away from trying to solve practical everyday problems (see previous projects re MealFinder and VoucherWallet) and instead build an application that will enable me to really consolidate all the topics and my learning from the Rails section of the course.