Motivation

Pawsup is an app for pet-owners that need pet-sitters and pet-sitters who are willing to take care of other people's pets. Pet owners miss out on certain activities because of their pets and this app will give them a way to do those activities without their pets being a burden. Moreover, traditional options involve either a tedious process in order to find a pet caretaker or might be detrimental to the pet's well being. Pawsup is an all-inclusive app, meaning that it does not only offer services for the average household pets, but it offers support for an assortments of pets.

Installation

Developers:

• Begin by cloning the repository to your machine

• Prerequisites For Developers:

  • Node.js(^14.17.6)
  • npm(6.14.15)
  • Windows 7 or higher, MacOS, or Linux

• Steps For Developers:

  • Install all node modules from the package.json file by doing npm run install-all
  • For Local Server:
    • Open Command Line to /projectf21-plsgibjob/PawsupApp folder
    • Do cd backend-database
    • In Command Line, type node server.js to run the server
  • For Heroku Server:
    • You're good to go as it is already connected to the application!
  • From the /projectf21-plsgibjob/PawsupApp folder, in the Command Line do cd pawsup-frontend
  • In Command Line, type expo start to start the app
  • Connect and use the app via Expo with either an AVD, iOS Emulator, or an physical device on a wired connection. Note that it is possible to run the application on a webpage, but for the optimal experience, it is recommend to use a mobile device.

• Steps For Users:

  • The plan is to offer the application on either the Google Play Store or Apple App Store. This is yet to be finalized or determined as of now.

Contribution

• Do you use git flow? Yes
• What do you name your branches? Main branch, Develop branch, Feature branches
• Do you use github issues or another ticketing website? Github issues
• Do you use pull requests? Yes, we will use once we start sprint 1