CommunityTaught.org

A comprehensive tracker for 100Devs classes and homework.

CONTRIBUTING

If you'd like to work on this project, please see the contributing guidelines in CONTRIBUTING.md.

I built the website without really taking collaboration into account and the project needs some work in terms of both documentation and processes. I am in the process of getting that built out, but in the meantime, here are the basic steps to get the project up and running locally:

• fork the repository
• create a MongoDB database locally or on Atlas
• import the class and homework data into your database (see the /data folder)
• rename example.env to .env and add your credentials (.gitignore will ignore the .env so your credentials won't get pushed to Github)
• Set up mailhog if you are using email and password login

Live website: CommunityTaught.org

How It's Made

Tech used: Node.js, Express, MongoDB, Pug, Tailwind CSS

This app was built from scratch using my authentication boilerplate as the base for the code, and my previous homework tracker as the base for the application design.

Optimizations and Improvements

See current issues.

Lessons Learned:

• This is the largest project I've built so far, and certain parts of it were new to me. First, second, and even third attempts sometimes felt wrong - too complex, difficult to read, or slow to execute. I learned that this gut feeling is usually right, but it's also ok to move on temporarily rather than dwelling on a single problem.
• When I made the website, I didn't think ahead to a time when people would want to contribute to the project. Pug in particular was a poor choice; it's fine for a personal project but I feel it's too unfamiliar for someone looking to contribute.