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

ACM Project Jam

• Presentation that explains the purpose of the project, outlines the development process so students know how to get involved

GitHub

• Create "What is flowthru" wiki page. It 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.
• Rework "How to Contribute" wiki page. It is now outdated since the major revisions of the application

AWS

• Create an 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 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-end application
• Create DockerFile for back-end application
• Create DockerFile for persistent data store

Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment (CI/CD)

• 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

Persistent Data Storage

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

Social Network

• User profile

Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)

• Google sign in
• Google calendar integration
• Google spreadsheet integration
• Google form integration
• Twilio 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 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
• 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

Web Pages

• 🏃 Design the layout of the home page
• Create a Slider on the homepage that links to useful resources and displays image
  • Have the slider display redirects
  • Have the slider display relevant images
• Explore Events page
• Explore Organizations page
• Organization landing page
• Events landing page