In this project, we targeted an audience interested in philosophy. With this focus, we developed a historical webpage that showcases the most prominent philosophers throughout history.
The page features a central timeline displaying various philosophers arranged chronologically, with the height of each element representing the philosopher’s lifespan. Additionally, the timeline highlights the main branches of philosophy: Ethics, Metaphysics, Logic, Epistemology, Politics, and Aesthetics.
When a user hovers over a philosopher, lines appear connecting them to their respective areas of interest. By clicking on a philosopher, the timeline view splits in half, revealing a section with detailed information about the individual: an image, lifespan, philosophical school, fields of study, and a short descriptive text about their contributions.
On this page, you will find the following features (all of which are explained in the tutorial page):
- Navigation through philosophical eras;
- Categories of interest assigned to each philosopher;
- Glossary of terms with quick explanations;
- Marking of historical events along the timeline;
- Granularity level;
- Search bar for terms.
- Larissa: Authored philosopher data, created glossary entries, and selected content for the Philosophy.
- Luciano: Performed web scraping for philosopher interest data and implemented backend functionalities.
- Kaiky: Contributed to the Home and Tutorial pages, and handled overall styling.
Overall, all members collaborated on the development of the timeline, with each feature involving contributions from all three participants.
It is estimated that each team member dedicated approximately 100 hours to the project on average.