This is a Full Stack web application that provides a simple and inituive tool for people to engage with the stock market. Users can sign up, track stocks, set up watchlists, test investment strategies, and view the latest news from the stock market.
We decided to make this app because we found that so many of the popular stock related web and mobile applications are complicated and not accessible to the average user. Furthermore, few of these applications allow users to test their investment strategies without using actual money. For these reasons we decided to make a web application thats strips away unnecessary information and allows for interaction with the stock market with no headaches.
This project follows the Model-View-Controller architecture by sepearting the business logic of the application from the user interface. This allows for modulated code that is easier to maintain and significantly more scalable.
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What separates Stock Simple
- Users can test their investments without having to use actual money
- The webiste is mobile responsive, and so can be used on any smartphone
- Simple and inituive data visualization
First Install some necessary tools
1. Fork the repository and clone it into a folder on your computer.
2. Navgiate to the root directory and run 'yarn install' in the terminal'
3. Go into your Robo 3T Mongo client and create a database called 'stockSimple'.
4. Navigate back to the terminal and run 'yarn populate' to seed the database.
5. You will have a test profile in the database with the email 'test@email.com' and the password 'testpassword'.
6. Go to www.worldtradingdata.com and get a free API key.
7. Create a .env file and add 'WORLDTRADINGDATA_API_KEY='<yourapikey>'.
8. Run 'yarn start' in the terminal and your site will open on http://localhost3000.