Brainplug

Budget Your Trip allows travelers to track their trip expenses by location and category, while also providing future travelers a way to estimate travel costs. Budget data is entered and tracked by date, location, category, and in multiple currencies. Users can view the data with charts and tables displaying various categories and averages.

The project was developed from the ground up with PHP and a MySQL database, with HTML/CSS and JQuery on the front end. The GeoNames.org open source location database was integrated to allow users to update and search based on geospatial data, as well as display Google Maps. Javascript, AJAX, and JQuery are heavily used on the user interface to allow for a fluid user experience. AJAX requests allow for currency conversion from a third party financial site, as well as the display of dynamic Flash charts.