danjkim21/outpost-app

Full stack trip planner app with user authentication

Outpost

A CRUD app that allows users to create and log travel plans, keep track of dates and important flights, and save notes.
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About The Project

Like many others, traveling is stressful for me. Particularily when you are juggling multiple flights, accomodations, logistics, etc. I often find myself burning out on just planning the logistics than getting excited by looking for fun or interesting sites, attractions and good food!

I created this app to organize my travel plans, keep track of flights and AirBnb/Hotel reservations, and things to do while traveling. That way I can spend more time actually traveling.

How It's Made

Tech used:

• Node.js
• Express
• MongoDB
• EJS

Getting Started

This app can be accessed via https://outpost.cyclic.app/ or as a local copy. To get a local copy up and running follow these simple example steps.

Installation

1. Create new MongoDB project and connect to your new project

2. Create a .env file and add your MongoDB connection string to it (DB_STRING)

3. Clone the repo

   git clone https://github.com/github_username/repo_name.git

4. Install NPM packages

   npm install

Usage

1. Run server

    node server.js
    npm run start  // nodemon command

2. Navigate to server

   `localhost:8000`

Roadmap

• Update "My Trips" Dashboard UI
• Build out Trip Destination Modal content
• Add Mobile Responsiveness
• Build out shared trips feature
• Build out "Explorer" feature
• Build out User Profile feature
• Add "Destinations" Model to MVC (TBD)
• Integrate Google Maps API
• Add dark mode styling

See the open issues for a full list of proposed features (and known issues).

Lessons Learned:

I learned how to implement an MVC architecture to my application. Using an MVC architecture really helped me to understand the routing/controlling logic of a full stack application, and how the client, server, and database all interact. I also learned how great MVC architecture is for scaling projects and general maintainability.

Contributing

If you have a suggestion that would make this better, please fork the repo and create a pull request. You can also simply open an issue with the tag "enhancement".

License

Distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE.txt for more information.

Contact

Your Name - @devdanielk - dan.jkim21@gmail.com

Project Link: https://github.com/danjkim21/outpost-app

Live Link: https://outpost.cyclic.app/

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