Heroku Page: https://buddy-traveler-companion.herokuapp.com/
This project involves building a travel companion app to track trips made and providing an overview of the user's budgets. This app allows the user to perform CRUD operations for trips, which will provide and analysis for the budgets for the trips. This app will also be linked to several APIs to retrieve data on flights and accommodation recommendation.
Tech Stack:
- MongoDB: no-SQL database
- ExpressJS: NodeJS framework for the app backend
- EJS: for rendering UI components
- NodeJS: JS runtime environment
Other Frameworks:
- Jquery: for rendering front-end on data changes
- ChartJS: for rendering charts
Dependencies:
- Express-session: manage user sessions
- Bcrypt: for encrypting password before storing into the database
- method-override: for forms' DELETE and PUT methods
- node-fetch: to fetch data from APIs
- moment: for effecient time converting abilities
- unirest: SDK for an API
| Folder | Purpose | Details |
|---|---|---|
server.js |
Contains all starting codes to get the server running | This includes (1) Main Dependencies used by middlewares method-override, express-session (2) Connecting to other app components databases, routes, port |
database |
Connects to the Mongodb database and creates collections used by the app | Three collections include (1) users for all user accounts (2) travel for details regaring particular trips |
controllers |
Contains code logics that manage the traffic from the routes by using the appropriate services to respond to the front-end requests | This includes (1)sessionsController that manages the current session which includes log in, log out and verify accounts (2) usersController that manage creating an account and rendering account creation page(3) travelController that manage CRUD requests for trips planned together with flights and hotels searching logic |
router |
Contains app routes | This includes routes to handle requests related to the users and travel |
views |
Contains codes that render the front-end | This includes front-end rendering codes for the onboarding interface, user 'interface, and trips interface, on top of dashboard interface, and 'error' interface |
