ECD-Online

A web based information management system for regional networking of early childhood development (ECD) services, built using meteor.js. For this brilliant NGO, which serves the largely rural Ugu district of KZN, South Africa

This README outlines the details of collaborating on this Meteor application.

Prerequisites

You will need the following things properly installed on your computer.

• Git
• Node.js (with NPM)
• Meteor.js

Installation

• Ensure that the above prerequisites are installed first
• git clone https://github.com/AltruisTech/ECD-Online.git
• cd ECD-Online
• meteor

Running / Development

• meteor
• Visit your app at http://localhost:3000/.
• To stop a running server: Ctrl+C

Prototype app with video overview page

• ECD-Online Prototype Dashboard page - login required
• Proposed new organisation work flow screen - login required
• ECD-Online Prototype Help page - includes my screen recordings of the app in action

Logging in

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Technology Stack

• Meteor js - a trending, robust, well supported js stack with Blaze templating view layer.
• MongoDB database - with defined collection schemas. And some advanced aggregation pipeline queries.
• routing using iron-route
• forms using the brilliant meteor-autoform
• responsive form layouts using the outstanding CSS Flexbox

Roadmap, in something like this order

• Implement user/group permissions package - started - early stages but under control
• Offline data management for mobile volunteers.
• Test runner implementation for unit, acceptance and later load testing.
• Interactive dashboard using d3 & dc.js like this one for donorschoose.org
• Compile to Android app with Cordova
• Reporting + dashboard with Tableau (huge NGO discount)

INVITATION to collaborate!

contributions requested

• someone with good full stack web app knowledge to do an architectural and code review of the design
• someone with experience with any of the roadmap items above, particularly the offline data, Cordova and testing items, to assist with integration of those.

What's in it for you?

• use and even master powerful, trending technologies, with my guidance
• use your gifts and experience to make a difference in this world, to people who really need it
• be involved with a fun and rewarding project run by a gifted and passionate team who are really believe in the huge value of this app

If you have good knowledge of the above tech stack are would like to contribute to this awesome project, then please get in touch by commenting on this discussion Thanks!

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