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Nova-Foundation

Repository for the Founders Program project "Nova Foundation App". Aug 2019

Introduction

We designed and developed a progressive web app with comfort and emotional support in mind. The app functions as a place to keep memories, learn about grief and trauma. We included breathing exercises and ways to track ones mood.

Requirements

• node.js
• mongoDB service

Installation

Live version: https://nova-foundation.herokuapp.com/

To run this project locally, run the following commands in your terminal:

Clone repo:

git clone the repository

In your terminal, navigate into the root of the repo and install dependencies npm i

npm run client:init in the repo folder

and then in a new terminal npm run dev it should run a developement server

Configuration

You will need a .env, this shoud be provided by our team

Stack

• FrontEnd: Reactjs
• BackEnd: Nodejs
• Server: Expressjs
• Database: MongoDB
• File storage: Firebase
• Testing: Jasmine.js

Team

Dylan	Shorouq
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https://github.com/Dalmano	https://github.com/engshorouq

Israa	Kate
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https://github.com/IsraaSulaiman	https://github.com/dubhcait

Process

The process included a 1 week build sprint and 3 build weeks

All User Stories/Backlog Items

• As a user, I want to see a disclaimer before I proceed to navigate the page.
• As a user, I want to know what Nova is about.
• As a user, I want to create a new account in Nova app.
• As a user, I want to login to my account.
• As a user, I want to navigate through the pages easily on my mobile.
• As a user, I want to feel not alone and like somebody cares by asking me about my feelings/thoughts.
• As a user, I want to know what kind of support Nova provides to make me feel better.
• As a user, I want to find good resources of information and suggestions to help me let go of negative feelings/trauma.
• As a user, I want to have a non-judmental space where I write my diaries during trigger times.
• As a user, I want to have a place to save lillies/pictures for my loved ones.
• As a user, I want to delete any picture any time I want.
• As a user, I want to see all the pictures I save in my personal corner.
• As a user, I want to do some exercises when I feel overwhelmed/bereaved.
• As a user, I want to find some distractions, like reading poems.
• As a user, I want to add a poem that helped me/that I love.
• As a user, I want to read the stories of other people who experienced loss of loved ones.
• As a user, I want to be able to share my story when I feel I am ready for that.

Week 1

We each came up with a design

Then we took the elements we enjoyed the most and built on them together to come up with a prototype

Week 2 - 4

We build the common components initially, there were a lot of overlapping elements. We built a prototype of a simple test project for firebase storage.

We build a lot of the pages first and then moved to the functionality, we set up mongoDB and tested the quries with jasmine.

For organisational purposes we used a standup blog to keep track of who was doing which issues and any blocker people were facing