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# UFO | ||
UFO Data Set | ||
<!-- Application Name --> | ||
<h1 align="center">UFO Catcher</h1> | ||
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Instruction so far: | ||
<!-- App Description --> | ||
<div align="center">Web application entices users to view official UFO sighting reports and determine them to be, in fact, "alien," or bogus, "not alien" claims. <em>Do you believe?...</em></div> | ||
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1. Check local mysql for database `UFO` | ||
2. run `npm install` | ||
3. `sequelize init:models & sequelize init:config` | ||
4. If the above doesn't work, try `npm install -g sequelize sequelize-cli` | ||
5. run `node server` | ||
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Table with content should be created. To import from the UFO dataset on Sequel PRO | ||
1. Go to UFO database | ||
2. Check you are on the table UFO | ||
3. cmd + shift + i (or File> Import) and select the csv file. | ||
## Contents | ||
- [Contents](#contents) | ||
- [Deployed Application](#deployed-application) | ||
- [Inspiration](#inspiration) | ||
- [Roles](#roles) | ||
- [Technologies Used](#technologies-used) | ||
- [Concept & Motivation](#concept-motivation) | ||
- [Challenges](#challenges) | ||
- [Future Features](#future-features) | ||
- [Credits](#credits) | ||
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4. To add an id `ALTER TABLE tbl ADD id INT PRIMARY KEY AUTO_INCREMENT;` | ||
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## Deployed Application | ||
[Heroku] https://fast-eyrie-14169.herokuapp.com/ | ||
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## Inspiration | ||
National UFO Reporting Center "UFO Sightings" Database | ||
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[Kaggle] https://www.kaggle.com/NUFORC/ufo-sightings | ||
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## Roles | ||
* Jessica Lin - Co-COO, UI Director, Back-end | ||
* Threejs & environment design | ||
* Chart.js & required API-routes | ||
* Navigation bar | ||
* Laura Boetcher - Co-COO, Back-end, SVG Apprentice | ||
* Sequelize API-routes for voting | ||
* Voting functionality | ||
* Session-based vote log | ||
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## Technologies Used | ||
Node, Express, MySQL, Sequelize, Threejs, Chart.js, Maya (JsonLoader), SVG, jQuery, Javascript, CSS, HTML | ||
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## Concept & Motivation | ||
* Voting | ||
<!-- * Laura --> | ||
* Feel (music/visuals) | ||
<!-- * Jess --> | ||
* Text (ASCII/terminal look) | ||
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* Discovery | ||
<!-- * Jess --> | ||
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## Challenges | ||
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### Threejs | ||
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### Sequelize | ||
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### Cursor | ||
###### Hand cursor on mouse hover | ||
![light-cursor](screenshots/light_cursor.gif) | ||
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### Animated Effects | ||
###### Glitch effect on application title | ||
![title-glitch](screenshots/title_glitch.gif) | ||
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###### Glitch effect on message | ||
![subtitle-glitch](screenshots/subtitle_glitch.gif) | ||
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###### Snackbar popup "vote logged" | ||
![entry-logged](screenshots/entry_logged.gif) | ||
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#### Abandoned elements | ||
* Upvote (jQuery plugin) | ||
* NProgress (javascript progress bar) | ||
* Barba.js | ||
* User-submitted data | ||
* Animated screen loader | ||
* SVG button effects | ||
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###### Animated SVG "cow loader" | ||
![dizzy-cow](screenshots/dizzy_cow.gif) | ||
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###### SVG with gitch effect | ||
![svg-glitch](screenshots/svg_glitch.gif) | ||
*** | ||
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###### SVG in `<object>` tag, uses css `fill` property on hover | ||
![button-hover-test](screenshots/button_hover.gif) | ||
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## Future Features | ||
* User authentication | ||
* User can mark favorite entries | ||
* User can add own sighting data | ||
* User can fork comments, edit for spelling, etc. | ||
* Newspaper image generator | ||
* Render headlines of favorite/ most popular entries | ||
* Shareable/printable | ||
* Interactive graphics | ||
* Spacecraft changes color, lighting, etc. | ||
* Little green men to make appearances | ||
* Additional clickable elements | ||
* eCommerce integration | ||
* "I Voted" stickers | ||
* Fashionable aluminum hats | ||
* "UFO Catcher" branded binoculars, t-shirts, etc. | ||
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### Credits | ||
* CSS Glitch Effect by Chris Coyier (https://codepen.io/chriscoyier/pen/yqHxB) | ||
* Interactive Solar System by Nikita Skargovskii (https://codepen.io/nikita_ska/pen/bqNdBj) | ||
* Music from Ambient Epicuros (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORNfEC1q2EU&t=511s) | ||
* Banner Alien Icons by corpus delicti on Noun Project (https://thenounproject.com/term/banner-alien/1040564/) | ||
* StackOverflow | ||
* Codyhouse | ||
* CodePen | ||
* Curious aliens visiting Earth |