Abacus Homes

An abacus for calculating monthly home cost.

The cost of owning a home is more than the mortgage. So how can a potential home-owner safely and efficiently calculate the total impact to their monthly budget? Why, with Abacus Homes of course!

Start Here

To get AbacusHomes working on your machine you should...

First, make sure you have:

  node.js
  mySql installed and running
  root user access to your machine

Then:

  fork this repo
  clone it to your local machine

Make sure you:

  either create mySql db named 'zobinHood' 
    OR 
  uncomment lines 29-32 in db/index.js (first few lines of buildPackage) for the first run

And finally we're ready to get it running:

Starts the server & 'runs the code'

 npm run server

Using the Abacus

Navigate to:

localhost:3004

Then... <img... gif 'tutorial' coming soon! />

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Built With

• ReactJS
• styled-components
• MySQL
• Express.js
• Node.js
• Faker.js
• Webpack/Babel

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Project Roadmap

While this version is standalone AbacusHomes was built intentionally following TDD and SOA principles to allow integration with other projects. Here's a peek into that process:

Phase One:

Create the Abacus; a fully interactive client-side rendered micro-service containing the following user editable fields: * Principal & Interest * Mortgage insurance * Property taxes * Home insurance * HOA fees * Utilities

Phase Two:

• Optimize the production bundle and host on S3. Dockerize the Abacus and deploy on Amazon EC2 t2 micros.

Phase Three:

• Integrate AbacusHomes with 4 other microservices and serve up a full-functionality open source home purchasing web application. SEE THE PROXY PROJECT REPO HERE

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Author

• Matthew Beckerleg - github.com/itsOrD

License

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