Colloquium

Epicodus Capstone in Rails, December 18, 2017

L. D. MacKrell

Description

This is a social app for members of the Criminal Justice field centered around research associated with the Seattle Police Department.

Set-up/Installation Instructions

• Clone this repository
• From the project root directory, run the following commands:
  • Note: seeding the database will remove all existing data and replace it.

  bundle install
  rake db:create
  rake db:migrate
  rake db:seed
  rake db:test:prepare
  rails s
  

• You can then access the app in your web browser at localhost:3000

Specifications

• Users
  • Users can create, view, edit, and remove their personal profile.
  • Users can view other user's profiles.
  • Users can only view other user's posts on the community forum.
  • Users can add, edit, and remove their posts to the community forum.
  • Users can add, edit, and remove their response posts on another user's original posts.
  • Users can log in using email and password.
• Admins
  • Admins can remove user's profile
  • Admins can remove any posts on community forum

Future Specifications

• Users

  • Users can search the database for profiles that match certain interest # keywords.

  • Users can contact other users via direct messaging (IM)

  • Users can block other users from contacting them via IM

  • Users can elect to have available projects emailed to them/ placed in top queue position in their feed based on keywords that match their # interests

  • Users can apply to participate in a posted project.

  • Users can submit proposed projects to SPD for future research

• Admin
  • Admin can post about available research projects (unassigned)
  • Admin can review research proposal submissions and either:
    • reject,
    • approve, or
    • require additional information
  • Can post papers/ results from completed research projects
  • Maintain a list of ongoing and completed projects
• Projects
  • Automatic emails will be sent to all parties of a proposed project at the following times:
    • Successful submission of proposal (with estimated time of response deadline)
    • Proposal decision
  • Approved projects will be slated into a timeline of either: 1, 3, or 6 years.
  • Parties of an approved project will receive calendar reminders of all impending deadlines.

Support and contact details

Please contact [ldmackrell@gmail.com](mailto: ldmackrell@gmail.com) with questions, comments, or issues.

Technologies Used

• Ruby
• Rails
• Bootstrap
• Devise

License

Copyright (c) 2017 L. D. MacKrell

This software is licensed under the MIT license.