Friend Finder using Node and Express!

Create a Friend Finder!

Check out my demo to study the app's basic functionality. This demo is deployed on Heroku! Thanks to Coding Boot Camp for boiler plate code!

• Create a folder called FriendFinder. Inside the folder, organize your directories so it matches the following:

  FriendFinder
    - app
      - data
        - friends.js
      - public
        - home.html
        - survey.html
      - routing
        - apiRoutes.js
        - htmlRoutes.js
    - node_modules
    - package.json
    - server.js
  

Process

1. Your survey should have 10 questions of your choosing. Each answer should be on a scale of 1 to 5 based on how much the user agrees or disagrees with a question.

2. Your server.js file should require the basic npm packages we've used in class: express, body-parser and path.

3. Your htmlRoutes.js file should include two routes:

   • A GET Route to /survey which should display the survey page.
   • A default, catch-all route that leads to home.html which displays the home page.

4. Your apiRoutes.js file should contain two routes:

   • A GET route with the url /api/friends. This will be used to display a JSON of all possible friends.
   • A POST routes /api/friends. This will be used to handle incoming survey results. This route will also be used to handle the compatibility logic.

5. You should save your application's data inside of app/data/friends.js as an array of objects. Each of these objects should roughly follow the format below.

6. Determine the user's most compatible friend using the following as a guide:

   • Convert each user's results into a simple array of numbers (ex: [5, 1, 4, 4, 5, 1, 2, 5, 4, 1]).
   • With that done, compare the difference between current user's scores against those from other users, question by question. Add up the differences to calculate the totalDifference.
     • Example:
       • User 1: [5, 1, 4, 4, 5, 1, 2, 5, 4, 1]
       • User 2: [3, 2, 6, 4, 5, 1, 2, 5, 4, 1]
       • Total Difference: 2 + 1 + 2 = 5
   • Remember to use the absolute value of the differences. Put another way: no negative solutions! Your app should calculate both 5-3 and 3-5 as 2, and so on.
   • The closest match will be the user with the least amount of difference.

7. Once you've found the current user's most compatible friend, display the result as a modal pop-up.

   • The modal should display both the name and picture of the closest match.

Copyright

Coding Boot Camp (C) 2016. All Rights Reserved.