johnnynu/mooncards

MoonCards is a web application designed for Pokémon card collectors to discover, track, and manage their card collections with ease. Our platform leverages cutting-edge technologies to provide a seamless and engaging user experience.

MoonCards Web Application

Description

MoonCards is a web application designed for Pokémon card collectors to discover, track, and manage their card collections with ease. By integrating with the Pokémon TCG API, our platform leverages cutting-edge technologies to provide a seamless and engaging user experience.

Key Features

• Recommendation Engine: Utilizes TensorFlow.js to analyze user preferences and wishlist data, delivering personalized card recommendations.
• Market Price Tracking: Offers dynamic price graphs built with Chart.js by integrating real-time market data from eBay and TCGPlayer.
• Price Alerts: Uses Amazon SES to notify users when cards hit their target prices through a configurable price alert system.
• Advanced Search: Features robust internal search capabilities powered by Elasticsearch, with plans to expand to Google Cloud Platform.
• External Search Integration: Harnesses the Google Search API for comprehensive search results from niche shops and forums.
• Scalability: Developed with React and Node.js, our application is scalable, maintainable, and ready for future growth.

Technologies Used

• Frontend: React, Tailwind CSS, daisyUI
• Backend: Node.js, TensorFlow.js, Chart.js, Elasticsearch, Amazon SES
• APIs: Pokémon TCG API, Google Search API, Google Cloud Vision API (planned)
• Database: Google Cloud SQL

Getting Started

1. Clone the repository to your local machine.
2. Follow the setup instructions detailed in the SETUP.md file to get the application running on your local development environment.

How to Contribute

We encourage contributions from the community. Whether it's feature requests, bug reports, or code contributions, your input is welcome.

1. Fork the repository.
2. Create a new branch for each feature or improvement.
3. Send a pull request from each feature branch to the development branch.

Please read CONTRIBUTING.md for more details on our code of conduct, and the process for submitting pull requests to us.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE.md file for details.