Wiki Maps

Wiki Maps is a application that allows the user to create custom-themed maps. The user adds points of interest to the map along with a photo and description. Users can contribute to other people's maps and favourite a map.

Front-end:

Wiki Maps is a multi-page app that uses the jQuery library and ejs templates to render the pages. The application interacts with the Google Maps API to show the user-created point on the map.

Back-end & Database:

The server is built using node.js and express and the database is PostgreSQL. Wiki Maps uses knex, a query builder for SQL databases written for Javascript which allows node.js to query the PostgreSQL database.

Screenshots

Home Page

Map View

Edit Map

Profile View

Getting Started

1. Create the .env by using .env.example as a reference
2. Update the .env file with your correct local information (DB_USER & DB_PASS)
3. Install dependencies: npm install
4. Fix to binaries for sass: npm rebuild node-sass
5. Run migrations: npm run knex migrate:latest. Check the migrations folder to see what gets created in the database
6. Run the seed: npm run knex seed:run. Check the seeds file to see what gets seeded in the database
7. Run the server: npm run local
8. Visit http://localhost:8080/

Dependencies

• node.js
• express
• body-parser
• Cooke-parser
• dotenv
• ejs
• knex
• knex-logger
• morgan
• node-sass
• node-sass-middleware
• pg