DevMatch

Overview

Description

• Category: Matching app
• Mobile: Native Android app
• Story: Matches nonprofit organizations and businesses with students and professionals willing to build a website or app for a nonprofit for their portfolio.
• Market: Any nonprofit and any developer may benefit from the app. The organizations can find developers to build their app and developers can get real-world experience for their portfolio.

Product Spec

1. Features

• Both nonprofits and developers can sign up and log in

1-register.mp4

• Developers can scroll through the list of projects posted by nonprofits
• Developers can apply to build a posted project by opening up a detail view of the project

5.-.apply.mp4

• Developers can edit their profile

2-dev.profile.mp4

• Nonprofits can scroll through the list of all developers
• Nonprofits can invite a developer to build their project by opening up a detail view of a developer's profile

4-.invite.mp4

• Nonprofits can post their web, iOS, Android, or other projects

8-.upload.project.mp4

9-switch.projects.mp4

• Developers can filter projects

3.-.filter.mp4

• Developers can receive a notification when a nonprofit invites them
• Nonprofits can receive a notification when a developer sends an application
• Developers can showcase their GitHub projects on their profile

2. Screen Archetypes

• Login Screen
  • User can login
• Registration Screen
  • User can create a new account
• Nonprofit search screen
  • User (developer) can see the nonprofits' posted projects
• Developer Details Screen
  • User (nonprofit) can invite a developer to build their project
• Project Details Screen
  • User (developer) can send an application to a nonprofit
• Developer search screen
  • User (nonprofit) can see all the developers and reach out to them
• Edit Profile Screen
  • User (developer) can set up or update their profile
• Compose Project Screen
  • User (nonprofit) can post a project

3. Navigation

Tab Navigation (Tab to Screen)

• Log in
• Register
• For developer
  • Search project
  • Set up profile
  • Project detail view
• For nonprofit
  • Search developer
  • Post project
  • Developer detail view

Flow Navigation (Screen to Screen)

• Login <=> Register
• Login <=> Search screen
• Project search screen <=> Set up profile screen
• Developer search screen <=> Post project screen
• Developer search screen <=> Developer details screen
• Project search screen <=> Project details screen

Schema

Models

User

Property	Type	Description
objectId	String	unique id for the user (default field)
createdAt	DateTime	date when user is created (default field)
updatedAt	DateTime	date when user is last updated (default field)
email	String	email address of the user
username	String	username of the user
name	String	full name of the user
password	String	user password
organization	bool	false if developer; true if organization

Project

Property	Type	Description
objectId	String	unique id for the project (default field)
createdAt	DateTime	date when project is created (default field)
updatedAt	DateTime	date when project is last updated (default field)
type	String	project type, i.e., iOS, Android, Web, or Other
description	String	description of the project
image	File	image describing the project, e.g., mockup
user	Pointer to User	organization that owns the project

Developer

Property	Type	Description
objectId	String	unique id for the developer (default field)
createdAt	DateTime	date when developer profile is created (default field)
updatedAt	DateTime	date when developer profile is last updated (default field)
bio	String	bio of the developer
github	String	GitHub username
skills	String	web or mobile development skills
user	Pointer to User	associated user

Networking

Example network request

• Search Project Screen
  • (Read/GET) Query all projects

    ParseQuery<Project> query = ParseQuery.getQuery(Project.class);
    query.setLimit(LIMIT);
    // Order projects by creation date
    query.addDescendingOrder(CREATED_AT);
    // Start an asynchronous call for projects
    query.findInBackground(new FindCallback<Project>() {
        @Override
        public void done(List<Project> projects, ParseException e) {
            if (e != null) {
                Log.e(TAG, "Issue with getting projects", e);
                return;
            } else {
                Log.i(TAG, "Successfully retrieved projects");
            }
        }
    });