ajackson57/roadtrip-backend

Rails backend for roadtrip api

Introduction

This project provides the backend web server providing storage of user accounts and metadata resources for for a file points of interest mapping application, "Roadtrip".

• Frontend Repository Curl test scripts can be found in the project scripts folder.
• Test Scripts

Instructions

• Backend Server hosted on Heroku
• Get application frontend Started
• As a user you must register for an account. Once an account is created you login and can display, create, edit, and delete trips.

Technologies used.

• Styling - The Boostrap NAV bar and basic styling were used.
• Angular2 - Angular2 provides the fortend workflow.
• AngularFlashMessage - Error handling and some friendly user feedback is provides by AngularFlashMessages
• Angular Google Maps Provides the mapping capability.
• Ruby on Rails - The backend server was developed with Ruby's Rails framework. Ajax used on the frontend to make requests of the Rails server.
• ERD for backend DB The ERD has been updated to include location, longitude and latitude for each marker.

The Devlopment Story

Initial Schedule

• The Development Process

• T- The development process started with some rough wireframes, some user stories, and a quick planning outline. I divided development into feature groups and created a branch in Git for each group.

• Problem-Solving Strategy

• Testing and debugging of the web werver was through curl scripts and frontend api calls.

Current Issues to be resolved in the future

• Future Enhancements
• Add Geocoding for addresses to obtain longitude and latitude
• Add a direction list capability
• Add a route plotting capability

Wireframes and User Stories.

• Wire Frames
• User Stories