Hosted live on Render, compatible with mobile devices: Backyard Gleaners
- Render's free service has server downtime. So the site may take a few extra seconds to load! I appreciate the patience.
- WIP: API not in use at this time. Hardcoding database, improve search functionality, improving design system across site
- Independent Capstone Project @ Epicodus. A Gleaners App built around a custom API and MVC Client Front End, with Google Maps integration, Docker, Render
A website for local backyard gardeners with food surplus to connect with community members to distribute foods: Gleaning is simply harvesting extra crops from gardens, or farms, to provide to anyone in need. Users can learn about becoming a gardening host, a Gleaner, and how to volunteer to assist with food surplus distribution within their city. Discover the benefits, history and facts about gleaning. Additionally, user will have a full page map view of pinned gardeners location, ability to create a gardeners profile, and search for specific food resources by type and location.
- C#/.NET 6
- ASP.NET CORE
- MVC API Client Front End
- Entity Framework Core
- EF Core Migrations
- Swashbuckle
- Swagger
- MySQL
- Rest Sharp
- Google MyMaps Integration, Google Icons
- Bootstrap
- Microsoft Azure API Hosting
- Render Web Services
- Microsoft Docker
- authO integration for user accounts/profile creation
- Disqus for commenting on profiles
- (API/MySQL Instructions removed for now, Database is hardcoded.)
- Clone this repository
- Navigate to the client directory using
cd BackyardGleanersClient - Run
dotnet watch runto use the app locally - Optionally visit the site hosted on Render, link above.
- Feel free to explore the BackyardGleanersApi code, although it is not in use at this time.
- 11/05/23: WIP Search functionality
- 08/10/23: Working thru possibly migrating database from Azure to another service. API is shut down for now. In development
- 8:42: researching combining api/client to one repo
- 9:18: may separate into individual projects for modularity
- 9:39: creating combined api/client test project to see how to run project from singular repo
- 10:29: cannot run both api/client in same repo, testing failed
- 11:11: attempting to combine api/client in test project. close
- 11:23: Successfully combined API & Client to a single .Solution project and launched interface!
- 12:59: Looking into embedding location based google maps for each host
- 1:28: Successfully embed custom location based google map on profile view in tests
- 1:56: Researching creating a full independent map view with each host pinned, click pin to go to details
- 2:39: Building initial host Model.cs
- 2:53: Working on Capstone Proposal file
- 3:26: Create initial Host database in MySQL
- 3:49: Building seed database model
- 3:55: updating README fields
- 4:15: research authentication and user roles
- 4:45: Fix corrupted API directory
- 4:52: Building seeded database, Host Controller
- 8:00: Studying donation form integration
- 8:46: Looking into Google Cal integration
- 9:22: building api controllers
- 10:21: researching user comment section for gardeners
- 11:55: building mvc client front end
- 2:57: break from building Client, researching Comment section
- 4:54: card layout forEach gardener successfull, building views, push and submit
- 2:00: Research theme switcher for dark mode toggle
- 8:16: Research migrating search function to use navbar instead of opening View
- 4:30: Looking into Hosting on a Azure, Render
- 11:55: WIP: Adding Identity is causing many issues, may have to add to stretch goal
- 8:22: Plan for today:
- Work through setting up hosting on Microsoft Azure
- Try to debug account creation which was breaking the app
- Add 'People We Like' / Resources page
- Add improved unified style/possible css animation to About view
- 9:14: Azure Deployment in progress
- 10:47: Azure deployment success, after encountering Region error when selecting West US(2 or 3) when creating Web App, selecting default East US, deployed without error. moving to connecting database
- 12:00: Deployed Web App to Azure, waiting on live server status
- 4:22: WIP progress since lunch, troubleshooting 404 from Azure
- 9:00: WIP, setting up an Azure Web App service for my MVC Client side
- 9:42: Polishing styles, working on Azure
- 10:16: Deployed Client side, waiting for results
- 1:43: Azure client side deployment issues, may move to Render for front end.
- Looking into hosting MVC Client side on Render
- 2:08: Troubleshooting Render deployment
- 3:41: Render Hosting Success for MVC! It's live!
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