fullstack_project's Introduction

Fullstack Project

Now that you've got an understanding of full-stack web development fundamentals, it's time to take some time and build a project on your own. The sky's the limit: you can build a cool game, an application based on an idea you've been kicking around, or a better version of something you've found online.

To help provide you with some structure as you think about your project, here are some requirements along with some optional nice-to-have features:

Requirements

Your project MUST satisfy the following requirements:

It MUST be a full-stack web application which uses a database for some form of persistence. You've graduated from projects that only have a front-end.
Your app MUST be deployed on Heroku (remember: deployed apps are a prerequisite for admission to Outco!).
Your app has to look good. Feel free to use Bootstrap to help with this, or research another library you can use to help style your application. Remember: non-technical people won't care how complex your backend is if your project looks like garbage.
Your app must include a README which explains how to get the app running locally, what technologies you've used, and why you decided to build the project.

Nice-to-haves

One (or more!) of the following:
1. Authentication/authorization of users
2. Something involving web-scraping.
3. Research some other library (either JavaScript or Python) that we haven't studied in class. There's always more to learn, and a project is a great way to try to get a handle on some technology you're curious about!
A more complex database schema (many-to-many, anyone??).

You can choose to work solo on a project or pair with someone else. You're encouraged to pair, since you'll be able to build more in a week with two people working on the same project, but this isn't required.