BOAT (aka Bridging Our Advocates Together) app

Project 3 for General Assembly's remote Software Engineering Immersive program

Bridging our Advocates Together (aka BOAT) is a documentation system stored in a private dashboard for advocate volunteers. This dashboard includes a logs manager, a scheduler, and a way to manage your tasks all in one platform.

Contributors

• Simão Neves
• Jalen Foreman
• Susana Martins
• Kim Cinco

ScreenShots

Welcome/Dashboard Page

SignUp page

SignIn page

Log Entries

Log Entry

Publish Entry

Schedule (dynamic but functionaility incomplete)

Big Brainers

The Approach Taken

Features

Landing Page

Sign Up Page

Log In Page

Dashboard Overview

Logs Page

Add a single entry

Technologies Used

• MERN

Organization / Guidance

• Discord
• Slack
• Zoom
• Miro
• Google Docs

Design

• Figma
• Giphy

Development

• VS Code, CodeSandbox
• Google Chrome + Developer Tools
• Mozilla Firefox + Developer Tools
• HTML
• CSS Grid, CSS Flexbox
• React.js, React Router, React Styled-Components
• MongoDB, Node.js, Express.js, Mongoose JSON RESTful API

Getting Started/Installation Instructions

This project was bootstrapped with Create React App.

Contribution Guidelines

The contribution process currently relies on some knowledge of working with Github and writing in Markdown. Here are some resources/helpful links to understand both:

• Chaser Pettit's introduction to the GitHub workflow
• Basic Markdown Syntax

Requests to contribute (contribute to your code, identify bugs, and/or propose improvements) can be made via pull request or issue. Thank you!

References/Credits:

https://yizhiyue.me/2020/01/04/how-to-create-a-simple-react-calendar-with-styled-component https://www.udemy.com/course/the-complete-web-development-bootcamp/ https://www.svgbackgrounds.com/ https://codesandbox.io/s/34z5152z1q?file=/index.js https://www.saasdesign.io/ https://www.figma.com/community/file/809559910249051285 https://setproduct.com/s8 https://elements.heroku.com/buildpacks/mars/create-react-app-buildpack https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/nodejs-support#customizing-the-build-process https://github.com/heroku/heroku-repo https://create-react-app.dev/docs/deployment/#heroku https://help.heroku.com/18PI5RSY/how-do-i-clear-the-build-cache https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/duplicate-build-version https://stackoverflow.com/questions/30991736/heroku-procfile-running-npm-start https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10451330/clean-git-repo-on-heroku https://help.heroku.com/FZDDCBLB/how-can-i-download-my-code-from-heroku https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/ https://www.w3schools.com/ https://styled-components.com/

Available Scripts

In the project directory, you can run:

Acknowledgments

Our stellar team Big Brainers for all the hard work and contribution. GA Instructors for the SEIR-201 course and our extremely supportive cohort

npm start

Runs the app in the development mode.
Open http://localhost:3000 to view it in the browser.

The page will reload if you make edits.
You will also see any lint errors in the console.

npm test

Launches the test runner in the interactive watch mode.
See the section about running tests for more information.

npm run build

Builds the app for production to the build folder.
It correctly bundles React in production mode and optimizes the build for the best performance.

The build is minified and the filenames include the hashes.
Your app is ready to be deployed!

Unsolved Problems

The Calendar is dynamic but not funcitonal, this component is a stretch goal. MVP: responsive breakpoints could be improved, accessibility had warnings, but not issues that needed immediate attention

References/Credits:

https://www.udemy.com/course/the-complete-web-development-bootcamp/ https://www.freepik.com/vectors/background https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Inconsolata?preview.text_type=custom https://avataaars.com/ https://favicon.io/favicon-converter/