Roadie

Live @ roadie-app.netlify.app

Roadie is a web app that allows two different type of users to connect, an artist or a client, allowing them to directly communicate and contact one another to plan events and book gigs together. The purpose of this app is the remove the need of having a middle-man between the two types of users, which often negatively effects the industry when upcoming artists are trying to get their name out there.

Built with React, Redux, Bootstrap, FireBase, Google Cloud Storage, Express, and PostgreSQL,

Features

Users are able to:

Create a profile depending if they are an artist or client.
Search for other users and filter by Artist, Client, or Genre.
Edit their profile information.
Upload pictures and videos to advertise/market themselves to other users.
Clients can create/edit events.
Users can contact each other by visiting each others profiles and clicking the "Book Me" or "Contact Me" buttons, depending if they are an artist or client.
Artists can accept gigs or work after clients have asked to book them.

Future Features

Chat feature and/or video chat between Clients and Artists
Integrating direct payments for the exchange of services between the two types of users
Review/Feedback system for both Artists and Clients
Adding venue locations
Badges: an fun award system that help an artists' or clients' publicity (example: Crowd Favorite )

Technical Milestones

Implementing NoSQL with Firebase
Recreating design from scratch and implementing Bootstrap for a more responsive application

Technologies Used

Node.js & Express.js. For the HTTP backend server.
Firebase Authentication. For handling user authentication and authorization.
React.js. For the front-end/client interface of our app.
PostgreSQL. For our relation database management system.
pg-promise. For interfacing with our database in our backend code.
Bootstrap & CSS3. For our design and responsiveness for our app.
Firebase. FOr handling our real-time notifications between the two types of users.

Local Setup

You must have installed Node.js as well as PostgreSQL in your computer.

You can check for these dependencies with node -v and psql -v. If your shell/terminal doesn't have a complaint and you see the version numbers you are good to go.

Clone this repo and change the current directory to it:

git clone https://github.com/kwong0419/roadie.git && cd roadie
Install dependencies for the Node/Express Server (backend folder):

cd backend && npm install
Install dependencies the React App (frontend folder):

cd frontend && npm install
Create database and seed sample data while being in the GameOn directory with:

psql -f ./backend/db/roadie_db.sql

Make sure PostgreSQL is running!
To launch the Node/Express server, inside the backend folder run:
```
npm start
```
To launch the React App, inside the frontend folder, and preferably in another terminal window run:
```
npm start
```
A new browser tab should have been opened and the App should be running.