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.

Legend of annotations:

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

Fall 2019 Roadmap

GitHub

• Create "What is flowthru" wiki page
  • Must contain detailed explanation on the application, its features, and what it aims to solve.
• Create "Pipelines" wiki page
  • This page will explain and draw out the pipelines that are being using for the development of flowthru.
• 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

AWS

• 🏃 Create an Elastic Beanstalk (EB) web application
  • The EB instance will be handling two DockerFiles: one for the client side of the application and the other for the server side
• Create Relational Database Service (RDB) instance so the application can have persistent data storage

Docker

• Create docker-compose.yml file for local development
  • The file will create a React front-end, Buffalo back-end, and PostgreSQL data store for local testing purposes
• Create DockerFile for front and back end applications
  • These DockerFiles will be deployed to the EB instance for CI/CD purposes

Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment

• Design CI/CD pipeline with Travis CI and AWS
  • Master branch will be used for deployment
• Design testing pipeline
  • Settle on a testing framework for both the client and server side applications

Persistent Data Storage

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

User accounts

Google sign in

Google calendar integration

Google spreadsheet integration

Google form integration

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

Page Accessories

• Create a header if deemed necessary
• Create a Sign in / Account button
  • Used to redirect to a sign in page or to access account information
• Design and implement a Sidebar
• Create a Footer
  • This should contain branding, contact information, and information about the application
• Search bar & filters
• 🏃 Design and implement a Navbar
  • The navbar should contain useful redirects, such as one to the homepage, organizations, events, and calendar

Home page

• Create a Slider on the homepage that links to useful resources and displays image

Explore Events page

Explore Organizations page

Organization landing page

Events landing page