samuelna/project-3

Group repo for project 3

SNTD Playlist

Technologies Used

• Node.js : JavaScript server side platform the web application.
• Express.js : Light Node.js fraemwork for creating web application.
• React.js : Front-end Node.js library used to build user interfaces.
• Socket.io : JavaScript library for realtime web application capable of realtime, bi-directional communication between web clients and servers. Used to create chatroom.
• PostgreSQL : Relational Database Management System used to store data for the web application using pg-promise module to interact with the RDMS.
• Webpack : Module bundler which compiles required modules with dependencies and generate as a static asset.
• Heroku : Deploy the web application.
• Itunes API & Youtube API

Installation Instructions

• git clone https://github.com/ga-diamonds-project3/project-3.git

• npm install

• createdb <name for db>

  • in the root directory (must have psql installed)

• psql -d <name for db> -f ./db/schema.sql

• psql -d <name for db> -f ./db/seeds.sql

• touch .env

  Inside the .env file :

  • PG_HOST=localhost
  • PG_PORT=5432
  • PG_DATABASE=<name of db>
  • PG_DATABASE=<username>
  • PG_PASSWORD=<psql pw>

• npm run watch

• npm start on another instance of terminal

Approaches

Wireframe

User Stories

• As an user, I want to see my playlist that I've saved before.
• As an user, I want to search albums by artists' name.
• As an user, I want to see list of songs of specified album when clicked on album img.
• As an user, I want to see music video of specified song.
• As an user, I want to add a song to my playlist.
• As an user, I want to share my playlist and/or import someone else's playlist.
• As an user, I want to delete songs in my playlist.

Unsolved Problems

x The web app does not authenticate users and doesn't support signup and login.

x As of now, the web app automatically fetches all music videos which slows down the applicaiton.

x The web app does not support users to export and import playlist.