Dormhub - Overninja

Overview

Dorm hub is the first type of social networking app specifically for college students that aiming to bring students at colleges together by allowing you to connect, share and be part of what's happening in their campus. Users can create profiles, join groups and search for other users that have the same interest so they are able to make new friends or connect with others who share similar interests. Among the apps, students will be able to create and discover campus events which can alert potential attendees in real-time. Essentially, it's Dormhub creating a college experience where students can seek and make connections with the right people while better integrating themselves into the on-campus environment.

Project highlights

Dorm Hub focuses on creating a platform exclusively for college students, allowing users to connect based on shared academic and social interests, promoting a close-knit community.
The app features an intuitive event management tool where users can create, discover, and RSVP to campus events, ensuring students stay engaged and informed.
Dormhub keeps students updated with the latest event changes, group posts and friend actions in real-time so you are always connected to down-to-the-minute events happening on your campus.
Dormhub has verified user accounts which ensures the users are real students with student email and creates a safer atmosphere once all differentiating it’s very important to get this out there.
Students will have the ability to join interest-based clubs spanning across all verticals in which you can collaborate on academic projects, study groups or just socialize based upon what is meaningful to them.

Goals

To create a system through which students have the ability to meet friends within their school environment and build relationships.
To uplift student participation in campus events by facilitating an easy to use, universal event creation and discovery platform.
To connect students with similar interests to enable academic and social collaboration e.g. for projects, study groups or activities
To keep your platform safe and trusted by verifying student accounts so only 100% real networkers can connect.

Strategy

Work with universities and student orgs to drive awareness around Dorm Hub via campus activations, on the ground promotions & social media campaigns executed by students.
Request feedback from students on a steady basis to perfect each attribute of the app and guarantee that it grows based upon what Students Requirement.
Gamification like rewards for using it actively and attending events, so your users keep utilizing the platform.
Partner with strategic student service providers on campus (cafes, book stores) and negotiate special offerings for Dormhub users to drive app adoption.
Monitor engagement trends, test new features and create more personalized outreach to grow user bases across campuses.

Outcomes

Establish a more powerful campus community
More Event Attendance
Greater Academic Support
Verified Student Accounts

Our client

Dormhub, is a social-network app for college students and a valued client of Overninja Technologies. Users are connected to create new friendships, work with each other and better event management within the campus community. Features like student validation or real-time notifications are offered by Dormhub, along with personalized group interactions. For the most innovative app development, they turn to Overninja who provides all the functionality that works for them when engaging students with their support throughout the user journey and afterward.

Client requirements

Client required student verification features to improve the reliability and security of applications.
They needed good event management with an intuitive platform to list, explore and RSVP for campus events with real time updates.
They informed us to create personalized profiles for students with interests, academic information as well as participation in campus activities.

They wanted Group and Collaboration tools to allow joining/creating groups to assist academic and social collaboration experience between students.
They wanted us to make communication in the entire analyst easy, including any updates on events, group activities, or friend interactions in real-time.

Proposed solution

We decided to create two apps for Android and iOS separately using Flutter, making sure that both exhibit consistent user experience regardless of the device.A high-performance, data-related NodeJS backend that supports secure database access and rapid API development.This tech stack empowered us to develop a secure and scalable social networking mobile app that supported the expansion requirements of our client.

Why choose this solution?

To develop this app in limited time and to achieve a native like performance, we developed this app using Flutter development.

With Flutter we coded once for Android and iOS and had the same look and feel on all devices which prevented us from having different designs/features.
We built the APIs and our data processing was super quickly using NodeJS, which provides an excellent throughput with minimalistic latency at a high-speed backend.
The tech stack we chose offers security but also reliable data handling, along with scalability in a way that suits the growth of the app.
Using a single codebase for both platforms with Flutter helped us to deliver more quickly as we reduced the time-to-market and costs while not diminishing the performance.

Benefits of Choosing Flutter Development

There are a number of benefits to using Flutter for Dormhub. Thanks to Flutter's cross-platform capabilities, cutting down on development time and cost is possible by way of a shared codebase suitable for both iOS and Android devices. Rich library of customizable Widgets that makes your UI responsive and visually pleasing Fast Reload capabilities enable developers to make changes in the fastest way, which is improving their development workflow. It is also very close to native and will perform really well for the end user. In principle, it is a safe choice as the large and still growing community guarantees long-term support for Dormhub's app development.

Student Verification

Uses university provided student email addresses to verify user identity, creating a trusted community.

Event Management

This function helps users create and engage in campus events, receiving real-time notifications and updates.

Customized profiles

People customize their own profile; be part of space and activities they do with others.

Real-time Communication

Messaging and notification systems ensure the campus sends up-to-date information to users in an instant.

Interest-Based Groups

Allow students to join or form groups based on academics and social activities enhancing peers’ collaboration and engagement.

Dormhub - Social networking app