Roadmap

As we go, we learn, therefore our assessment of some of the topics listed will change. We may add or drop topics as we go.

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Mark	Description
•	feature
✓	feature completed
🏃	on-going work

Fall 2019 Roadmap

ACM Project Jam

• Presentation that explains the purpose of the project and how students can get involved
• Presentation that outlines the development process, specifically milestones
• Presentation that outlines GitHub use for flowthru
• Have slackbot present valuable information

GitHub

• Complete the initial state of the wiki
  • 🏃 Create "What is flowthru" wiki page. It must contain detailed explanation on the application, its features, and what it aims to solve.
  • Rework "How to Contribute" wiki page. It is now outdated since the major revisions of the application
• Complete the CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md file. This will guide developers by providing guidelines on what to do & not to do.
• Complete CONTRIBUTING.md file. This will give potential developers a detailed explanation on how they can contribute to the codebase.
• Create README.md for art repository
• Create README.md for design repository

DevOps

• Create an AWS Elastic Beanstalk (EB) web application
  • 🏃 Host the DockerFile for the client side of the application
  • Host the DockerFile for the client side of the application
• Create AWS Relational Database Service (RDB) instance so the application can have persistent data storage
• Create docker-compose.yml file for local development
• 🏃 Create DockerFile for front-end application
• Create DockerFile for back-end application
• Create DockerFile for persistent data store
• Create Travis CI/CD pipelines
  • Implement testing
  • Implement deployment to AWS
• Design testing pipeline
  • Settle on a testing framework for front-end
  • Settle on a testing framework for back-end

Persistence

• Create an entity relationship design for the relational database
• Create a relational model design for the relational database

Users

• Design user profiles
• Create a Sign in / Account button. Used to redirect to a sign in page or to access account information

Organizations

• Design structure of organization profiles
• Design structure of organization management system
• Create explore Organizations web page
• Create organization landing web page

Events

• Design structure of event management system
• Create explore events web page
• Create events landing web page

Home Page

• 🏃 Design the layout of the home page
• Create a Slider on the homepage that links to useful resources and displays image

Notifications

• Implement a feature that sends email notifications to users based on their subscribed organizations' activity.
• Implement a feature that sends SMS notification to users based on their subscriptions

Navigation

• Design and implement a Sidebar
• Create a Footer. This should contain branding, contact information, and information about the application
• Integrate a search bar & filters. Will be used to search for organizations, events, and users
• Design and implement a navigation bar. The navigation bar should contain useful redirects, such as one to the homepage, organizations, events, and calendar