Gemini

Mythology of the constellation Gemini. This zodiacal constellation represents the twins Castor and Polydeuces.

Project Description

Mobile app that scans websites for designer item "look alikes" instead of the real expensive deal. Offers tiers for how cheap you wanna go. For example, a designer shoe might cost $400, but you can find a look alike for $100 or $40.

The MVP

Gemini, by the end of the development process should open to a homepage of items to buy with their expensive counterpart. In the search bar there will be an camera icon allowing reverse image searching. Top page, your page (where you'd save items), a page for sharing items people have bought.

Milestones

Milestones include:

• Ability to search and retrieve Designer/Knock-Off-Items
• Reverse Image Searching
• Ability to buy from the app instead of being directed to the company’s site

Stretch Goals

• Point System for retailers
• Reviews from users
• Ensure that the items are coming from real retailers, verified accounts?
• Sell your own items like Depop?
• Outfit generation/Suggestion based off of what you’ve bought.

Tech Stack

the Tech Stack isn't concrete; feel free to do your own research and decide what technologies would be best suited for the app!

Here are some ideas:

• React Native - component based frame work, prevents boilerplating!
• Flutter - Flutter is Google’s UI toolkit for building beautiful, natively compiled applications for mobile, web, and desktop from a single codebase.
• Firebase - Integrates easily with both Flutter and React.
• Android Studio - You should know why.
• git - Pretty terminal. (Here is a cheat sheet)
• Tensorflow - Image Recognition

Software to install

Installation

Getting started with React Native:

React Native's documentation describes how to install it perfectly. Open git or Terminal and run this command:

> npx react-native init MyTestApp

after running, follow the rest of the article to quickly create a mock app: React Native Installation

Getting started with Flutter:

Follow Flutter's installation docs: Flutter Installation

• Flutter uses Dart! Here's the gist -> The Gist

Getting started with Firebase:

Follow Firebase's installation docs: Getting started with Firebase

Getting started with Android Studio:

Follow Android Studio's installation docs: Android Studio