Bob is a tool designed to help managers scheduling employees' shifts over a period of 28 days. Bob allows users to customise the number of employees, shift types, and the number of required shifts for each day. Bob then generates a schedule that ensures coverage for all shifts, as well as employees' wellbeing, by capping the maximum number of hours and ensuring each has a sufficient numbers of hours off work.
Bob has the following features:
- Employee Input: Users can input the names of employees who will be scheduled for shifts.
- Shift Input: Users can input the different types of shifts that need to be scheduled (e.g. morning shift, evening shift, overnight shift).
- Shift Requirements Input: Users can input the number of required shifts for each day, for each shift type.
- Schedule Generation: Once the user inputs all the necessary information, the app generates a schedule that ensures all required shifts are covered.
- Schedule Display: The generated schedule is displayed to the user in an easy-to-read calendar-like format.
The Shift Planning Web App is built using the following technologies:
- Frontend: Frontend:
- Styling:
- Backend:
- Database:
- Version Control:
The following is an example user flow for the Shift Planning Web App:
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User opens the app and is presented with a form to input available employees, shift types, and required shifts for each day.
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User inputs the necessary information and submits the form.
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The app generates a rota based on the inputs provided and displays it to the user.
In order to install all the required dependencies, open a terminal from the root folder and run:
npm installOnce the installation is completed, simply run:
npm run start:server-client