NextGig

NextGig provides a single resource for performers to find upcoming auditions.

Project Description

Full CRUD operations are intended to support the needs of the following users:

• Artistic Directors (create, update, and delete auditions)
• Performers (review audition information)

MVP User Stories

1. As an artistic director, I want add to CREATE a post with audition information to a shared site so that performers unfamiliar with my venue can check us out
2. As an artistic director that has posted an audition that needs to be modified, I want to be able find and UPDATE auditions that I have posted so that I can keep the information correct and relevant
3. As an artistic director that has completed casting for a production, I want to be able to DELETE my posted audition so that irrelevant information is not presented to the live arts community
4. As a performer, I want to use a single site to REVIEW audition information for multiple venues so that I can find out about many auditions and plan accordingly

Stretch Goals

• An artistic director can post sides for the auditions
• An artistic director can broadcast a casting call for a specific need (unscheduled audition; “contact me if interested” scenario)
• Secure signup/login for artistic directors
• Social login
• A performer can create a searchable profile / Artistic directors can search profiles Search and navigation enhancements

Technologies

Created with React using React Bootstrap and React Router.

API

API: (https://gigz-be.herokuapp.com/auditions/)

• The API is hosted by a partner backend application running Python/Django, and using Postgres for the SQL database server

• The admin UI can be used to seed data

• Postman can be used test backend functionality

Challenges

• Unknown backend issue prevented migrations resulted in eleventh hour decision to build a new backend
• User navigation is less than optimum

Acknowledgements and Appreciation

Working solo where the project scope nearly match a project built by a team of four does not mean working alone.
Many thanks to classmats Tiffany Huddleston, Daisy Yau, Myshawne Stallings, Qusai Fares, and instructors Jennifer Meade, Esin Saribudak, Hou Chia, and Jerrica Bobadilla.

links

https://react-bootstrap.github.io/getting-started/introduction/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOK9l5uP06U&t=426s https://styled-components.com/docs/basics#installation https://www.techiediaries.com/django-cors/ https://www.spiano.dev/djangoTutorial/#deploy https://medium.com/agatha-codes/9-straightforward-steps-for-deploying-your-django-app-with-heroku-82b952652fb4 https://ultimatedjango.com/learn-django/lessons/push-to-heroku/ https://github.com/Mysta3/django-cors-headers https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/heroku-postgresql#migrating-between-plans

https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/connecting-to-heroku-postgres-databases-from-outside-of-heroku

https://dev.to/shakib609/deploy-your-django-react-js-app-to-heroku-2bck

https://github.com/adamchainz/django-cors-headers#cors_origin_allow_all

Links for future approaches

https://tutorial.djangogirls.org/en/deploy/ https://www.pythonanywhere.com/ https://blog.bitsrc.io/reusable-components-in-react-a-practical-guide-ec15a81a4d71

unsplash credits

• Photo by stefano stacchini on Unsplash
• Photo by Mareko Tamaleaa on Unsplash