AASTU Hackathon 2025 Project

TimeBank is a web platform where students can exchange services and skills using time credits instead of money.

💬 "You help me fix my laptop for 1 hour, I teach you Python for 1 hour."

This system promotes collaboration, learning, and mutual support among the AASTU community.

⏰ * https://time-bank-kqkn.onrender.com/ * you can access the backend by this URL

from feature/deployment branch

• 🔍 Skill Matching: Find students by the skills they offer and need.
• 📅 Booking System: Request sessions and transfer time credits automatically.
• 💼 Time Wallet: Track your time credits earned and spent.
• 🏆 Leaderboard: See top contributors on campus.
• 💬 Real-time Chat (optional): Message your match directly.

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👋 Hello Team! Here's how we're working on the TimeBank project:

• All code is organized in the TimeBank/ folder.
• We use GitHub branches per feature (feature/login-page, feature/booking-api).
• Follow the instructions in each folder’s README.md to set up your environment.

📁 Go to the frontend/ folder
📄 Check the frontend/README.md for:

• How to install React dependencies
• How to run the frontend dev server
• How to connect to the backend API
• File structure explained (components, pages, context, etc.)

Tech stack:

• React
• Tailwind CSS
• Axios (for calling backend)
• Vite (for faster dev environment)

📁 Go to the backend/ folder
📄 Check the backend/README.md for:

• Creating a virtual environment
• Running migrations
• Launching the development server
• How APIs are structured and tested

Tech stack:

• Django
• Django REST Framework
• PostgreSQL (or SQLite for local testing)
• Django Channels (optional for real-time)

• Push small commits often with clear messages.
• Pull latest changes before starting new work.
• Keep API contracts consistent (backend and frontend teams should sync!).