Assignment
This project was about creating a dynamic web application for a dating service with Node.js, a
database, HTML, CSS, and client-side JS. In the first part of the project I worked solo and did
research on existing dating apps, I also had to come up with a job story. Knowing where the focus of
my project lay, I had to sketch components within my job story and start working on building a
working prototype using skills acquired in the backend and frontend courses. In the second part of
the project, I teamed up with 2 other students to combine our job stories and create a prototype
with more functionalities.
Description
Friendship is a dating service, not meant for romantic relationships, but for friendships. Do you
feel alone sometimes and would you like to get in touch with people that have the same interests as
you? Then Friendship is here to help! With friendship you’ll create a profile with your interests,
for example, going to the gym, playing board games, videogames or gardening. After you have created
your profile, you’ll be able to search other profiles for specific interests. Let’s say you would
like to play a board game. The filter function will let you use our database to find other board
game players by filtering out people with the same interests. When you find some suitable matches
based on age or location, you can get in contact with other “board gamers” and see if they’re up for
a game.
Highlights
Suggestions based on the weather
On the homepage, you see some other users that you might like.
Depending on the weather there is a suggestion section that suggests finding people to sport
with if
the weather is nice or people to play some games with if the weather is not so good. This is
done by
checking the location of the registered user and referring it to the weather in his town via an
API.
Log in
If you want to use our application, you have to log in! This can be done via the login form. It
checks the email and the hashed password with the database. If it matches the user gets logged
in,
if not, then he might need to create an account.
Register
If the new user doesn't have an account yet, he can register via our registration form. Fill in
your
personal details, email, and your password to create an account. Don't forget to fill in your
interests, because that is what lets other users find you!
Search for other people
If you want to find other users by their interest you can type in the activity you would like to
find
someone for on the search page. Our search engine will show you the results of matching profiles
for
your choosing activity.
Like someone
If you found someone that you would like to befriend, meet, or participate with for an activity
you
can like that user. Simply by going to their profile and hitting the like button!
It's a match!
When you both have liked each other then you have been matched. Your profiles will show up on
both of
your matches pages and when you go to the profile there is an option to get in contact.
Your profile
If you want to check out your own details, you can check out your profile page. Here you also
have
the ability to change the details and add or remove one or more of your interests.
