Approach, Technologies, Dependencies - mtorgalsboeen/MyVacation GitHub Wiki

Approach and Technologies:

Platform:

• Cloud9
  • Cloud based integrated development environment.
  • https://c9.io/
• Heroku
  • Cloud platform hosting our application, integrates easily with Github, ClearCI, and MongoLab.
  • https://www.heroku.com/

Backend:

• Database:
  • MongoDB (NoSQL database program)
• Server:
  • MongoLab
    • Server hosting our MongoDB database, integrates well with heroku.
  • https://mlab.com/
• Application:
  • Node.js and Express Framework
  • Javascript
  • Mongoose
    • MongoDB object modeling tool, built on top of the official MongoDB Node.js driver. Used for easy database manipulation.
  • Mustache (HTML Templating)

Search:

• MongoDB Queries
• Yelp API https://www.yelp.com/developers/documentation/v2/

Frontend:

• Javascript
  • JQuery
  • Bootstrap
• HTML / CSS

Login:

• Google Sign-In https://developers.google.com/identity/

Version Control:

• Local: Git
• Web: Github https://github.com/

Testing:

• Mocha, Chain, and Sinon
• CircleCI https://circleci.com/

Design:

• Bootstrap Studio (Web design tool based on the bootstrap framework)

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Dependencies and Risks:

Risks:

• MongoDB
  • It may take us a while to adjust to this NoSQL database program.
• APIs
  • We could have problems when saving data received from user API queries.
    • Specifically: developing a standard set of data to save as well as what to do in case of API failure.
  • Reading and properly using the documentation provided.

Dependencies:

• Yelp API
  • Used when user searches for different attractions, entertainment, etc...
• Google API
  • For logging in and authenticating users.
• MongoLAB
  • Our database host.
• Heroku
  • Our application host.