van-drivers

Web application for scheduling van drivers for the Northeastern Climbing Team.

Live Application

http://van-drivers.herokuapp.com/

Technologies

• Server framework: Node.js
• Request routing: Express
• Database: MongoDB
• Front end: AngularJS*

An updated front end written with React and Redux can be found here.

Features

• Ability to schedule and remove van drivers stored in MongoDB
• Slack integration for notifications when drivers are added or removed
• Pagination through weeks of drivers

Local Developement

Requirements

• Node (6.11.2)
• NPM (3.10.10)

Install Dependencies

npm install

Set Up MongoDB

• Start up a local MongoDB instance
• Set the MONGODB_URI environment variable
  • export MONGODB_URI=mongodb://localhost

Set Up Slack Integration (optional)

• Make or already have a Slack team
• Login to your team online
• Navigate to 'Build a Custom Integration' (https://[YOUR-TEAM-NAME].slack.com/apps/build/custom-integration)
• Click 'Bots'
• Name your bot and click 'Add bot integration'
• Copy your API Token (something like "xoxb-123BLAHBLAHBLAH")
• Create or already have a channel called "van-drivers"
• Add your bot to this channel
• Set the SLACK_TOKEN environment variable
  • export SLACK_TOKEN=[YOUR-TOKEN]

Start the Application

• npm start
• Go to localhost:5000 in a browser