SpendSmart: A Personal Finance App

Developed for CSCI 362: Software Engineering at the College of Charleston
Fall 2023
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Architecture

• Front End: Written in React, styled with Bootstrap
• Back End: Written in Node.js
• Database: PostgreSQL hosted on ElephantSQL

Development Team

• Addison MacPhee
• Bryce Wren
• Jalena Austin
• Maureen Dunn

Comments

• On each pull, run npm install from client and server folders to get all proper node modules installed.
• Place dotenv file inside server folder (this allows us to talk to the DB!)

Hosting

Front-End React website hosted by Vercel.

Back-End Server hosted by Render. Cron-Jobs pings the server every 10 minutes to keep it awake.

Database hosted by ElephantSQL.

Quick Links

• Team Google Drive
• Bootstrap Docs
• Guide: Front-End Setup
• Guide: Linking to Express Server