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Gator Renter

Gator Renter

Online apartment rental site that allows university students to search for accommodations. Software Engineering project developed in collaboration between SFSU and HS-Fulda.

Website: gator-renter.herokuapp.com

Functional specifications

  • Apartments for rent can be posted/advertised by anybody (Fulda or non- Fulda students) with the idea that main rental customers are Fulda students.
  • The application allows Fulda students to browse, search, filter apartments for rent and send messages to landlords.
  • People who wish to rent (Fulda or non- Fulda students) can post the apartment info (data, rent, images).
  • Users are able to see on Google Maps the location of an advertised apartment.
  • Administrators are able to manage accounts and site content.

Non-functional specifications

  • Developed using LAMP/MAMP stack.
  • Optimized for standard desktop/laptop browsers. It degrades for different sized windows, so it can be adequately rendered on mobile browsers.
  • Intuitive and easy to use application.
  • Implemented SEO and SEM.

High-level System Architecture

  • Data-source. MySQL relational database.
  • RESTful API developed and exposed to read and write data. MINI PHP framework was used to develop the API.
  • Front-end developed using AngularJS, HTML5 and CSS3.
  • The application runs on Apache web server.