A self-help app for healthier habits and safer schools. Full Stack CRUD application utilizing the 7 RESTful routes, Express.js, MongoDB, Mongoose, Embedded JavaScript, and node.js. This is all within the MVC design pattern.
https://still-sierra-16854-4298cf6fca1b.herokuapp.com/logs/
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Mood Ring is a mood tracker for people of all ages to express themselves and learn from stressors.
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Users will create logs to track their mood, (scaling question 1-5), along with details of when and where the event happened. Users can even pick which color they'd like display with the log!
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Of course, users can view their past logs and are able to edit and delete them.
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As implemented in a school environment, the app produces a data stream for school personnel (guidance counselors, principals, deans, etc.) to learn from their students and provide outreach if needed.
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The app is a solution to a central problem that school systems face: how to assess students' social-emotional well-being. The app facilitates data analysis for administrators and highlights students in need.
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Mood Ring will allow students to, without fear of other students finding out, request a check-in with a guidance counselor.
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At the least, Mood Ring allows people to journal their mood at different points in the day for use as part of a therapeutic intervention in accordance with mainstream Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and positive psychology practices.
- I used Express.js, MongoDB, and Mongoose to set up the database, the server, and to facilitate data usage in server-side rendering.
- Node.js modules such as Embedded JavaScript (EJS, plus EJS partials), method-override and, dotenv. This is in addition to HTML, CSS, and JavaScript through EJS and Express handling of static files.
- User account functionality: sign up/login, with encrypted passwords (npm module bcrypt) and authorization flow (express-session).
- This full stack application is set up with the MVC design pattern and has fully RESTful routes and full CRUD.
- Users must be able to view only their own logs. As of 9/22/23, there is only one group of logs to be posted (Log model/schema). The functionality exists, since each user is a uniquely identified username with encrypted password.
- Mobile responsiveness, particularly with some of the rendered HTML elements.
- A self-contained app for iOS (Swift) and for Android (Kotlin) phones would be ideal.
- Clone this repo, and be sure to set up your Mongo_URI and other necessary variables in your own .env file.
- There is a seed.js file for some starting database entries! Run node seed.js while in the root directory of the application.
- I wanted to make the UI as minimal as possible, while still being easy to navigate. I knew I had to have a "ring" of some sort, so the CSS border-shadow was my friend.
| Route Name | URL | HTTP Verb | Description |
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| Index | /logs | GET | homepage of app |
| New | /logs/new | GET | show form to enter new mood log |
| Create | /logs | POST | add new log to database, redirect home |
| Show | /logs:id | GET | show detail of one mood log |
| Edit | /logs/:id/edit | GET | show edit form for one mood long |
| Update | /logs/:id | PUT | update one mood long, redirect home |
| Destroy | /logs/:id | DELETE | delete one mood long, redirect home |
Wireframes
- As a student, I want to log my mood so that I can keep track of what events may influence/trigger my mental state.
- As a student, I want a quick and efficient way to log my information so that I can get on with my day.
- As a student, I want to be able to notify someone if I need a check-in, so that I can ask for help without being noticed.
- As a student, I want to be able to report something wrong to my guidance counselor and/or school administration anonymously, so that I can keep my privacy and avoid other students finding out.
- As a school administrator, I want to review data on my students’ wellbeing and mental health.
- As a guidance counselor, I want to analyze my students’ emotional states on a daily basis, so that I can better address their needs.
- As a guidance counselor, I want to review the attendance of my students and see if they are not logging their moods/mental states, so that I can address school absenteeism.