[Entry] Chip In App (Simulator)

Victor Silva — Thu, 24 May 2018 17:06:05 +0000

What I built

I built an app that simulates a donation system. How? - First, the user sets up a goal (e.g., buy a house, buy a car, travel to Las Vegas, etc.) and then publishes it so others can contribute with some money quantity (either because they are friends or because they want to help).

PS: There aren't real money transactions.

Demo Link

The app is being hosted by now at chipin.now.sh.

Link to Code

The code is being hosted by github.

How I built it

Front-End

Vue
Pusher

The front-end is built using Vue. I chose it because I thought the contest was a good reason to learn new things like Vue and Pusher. Moreover, both Vue and Pusher are quite simple to work with.

Back-End

Express
Passport
Pusher

The back-end is built using Express as the framework and Passport to control the auth system.
I'm using Express for handling the requests from the client like "create a goal" and "contribute to goal" and then sync the data using Pusher.

Database

MongoDB

The app uses MongoDB as the database because it’s easy to work with Mongo and it doesn’t require complex configurations.

Conclusion

Thank you for giving me that opportunity, I think I learned a lot with this contest and I can say that I'm a better person and a better developer now.
And that's it.

Bye.

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