GoGo

GoGo is a website that connects individuals who want to explore events and experiences together while providing a platform for businesses to expand their reach.

GoGo was built because many individuals encounter the same problem - the desire to attend certain events but lacking companionship for the experience.
These individuals represent a consumer segment that businesses often miss out on capturing.
GoGo resolves this issue by allowing one individual to reach out to others in order to invite them to a specific event created by a business.

Built With

• MongoDB
• Express
• React
• Node

The MERN stack was chosen because it provides an easy way, fast way to develop a website and it is a widely popular tech stack with lots of tutorials and documentation that would make it easy for us to get started. Additionally, it has a strong developer community and a wealth of resources to solve commonly encountered issues during development.

Installation

To run this project locally, you should have npm installed locally. Instructions on how to do that can be found here. Subsequently, proceed with the following steps:

1. Clone the repository.
2. Create a MongoDB Atlas cluster and paste the connection string to server/.env.
3. With the setup/server/ folder as your current directory, run the following in a command line:

   npm install
   npm start
   

• If you are using a Linux machine or macOS, you may need to run the following command before running npm start.

  sudo npm install -g nodemon
  

• Also, macOS users may need to turn off Airplay Receiver. System Settings > General > AirDrop & Handoff > AirPlay Receiver

4. With the setup/client/ folder as your current directory, run the following in a second command line:

   npm install
   npm start
   

5. Navigate to the following website using a web browser:

   http://localhost:3000/
   

Contribution

We are open to contributors. To contribute to this project the following steps apply:

1. Clone the project.
2. Checkout to develop branch.
3. Create a new branch. (git checkout -b story-11)
4. Commit any changes made. (git commit -m 'Edited this file')
5. Push to the origin branch. (git push origin story-11)
6. Create a pull request.

We use Jira to track issues. Branch name should be of the form "Type of branch-Jira ticket number". Every contribution to the project must be approved in a pull request.