Hitch

The craiglist of the ridesharing world! Hitch App Development Repo

###TODO:

• Import reusable code from last app
• Structure app packages
• Create firebase account

Short term goals

• Try out Firebase for a few weeks!
• Discuss financial risks/investments of app
• Business plan with clear vision and spending goals
• Online server to host JSON data (AWS or Azure maybe)
• Architecture discussion on the type of server we should stand up to serve JSON
• Messaging service within app, write own or use open source solutions
• App Design using latest Material design

Long term goals

• Create iOS app
• Write integration/performance test for all code

Keep in mind while developing

• Continue using Trello to refer to backlog/work in progress
• Unit test any code you write - refer to junit and mockito testing frameworks
• DO NOT DEVELOP on work or school machines!
• DO NOT simply push to master, branch out for any new feature and submit Pull Request for code review purposes
• Make sure code coverage is at least 90%

Flexible deadlines in mind

• 05/01/16 Have Solid UI that conforms to best practices
• 05/15/16 Buy hitch domain and create twitter, instagram, and facebook pages
• 06/01/16 Test JSON Cloud environment
• 06/15/16 Parse-like notification system setup
• 07/01/16 Working in-app messaging system