UFOMG - Mod 4 Capstone Project

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Overview

A ufo reporting site that displays an interactive map with all sightings across the country.

Check it out on Heroku!

Goals

• Fully implement React with Redux hooks
• Work with a BE team to build an app completely from the ground up
• Learn and integrate the Google Maps API

Set up

• Clone the repository down and cd into the repo on your local machine.
• Install the library dependencies by running:
  • npm install
• To verify that it is setup correctly, run npm start in your terminal.
• Go to http://localhost:3000/ and the site should display and have functionality.
• Enter control + c in your terminal to stop the server at any time.

Technologies and Tools

• React
• Redux
• JavaScript
• JSX
• HTML
• SASS
• Cypress
• git
• GitHub
• REST Api
• Google Maps API
• Cloudinary

Wins

• Successfully working with a full team to build a complete app
• Adding in the Google Maps API with all custom buttons, icons, and infoboxes

Challenges

• Last second realization that we could have used another API to accomplish project goal. Learned to plan a project in greater detail
• Attemping to incorporate Amazon S3 was difficult. Switched to Cloudinary for time's sake

Site Design

Main Page

Sightings Map

Report Form

Comment Page

Contributors:

• Mike Flynn

• Peyton Jones

• Jordon Smith