CAPACITY

Capacity is a location based app that uses crowd sourced reviews to allow users the ability to see in real time how busy a location is. With a dynamic heatmap layered over establishments, we are giving people the ability to better plan their trips whether it's an afternoon at the grocery store, or a night out in an unfamiliar city where they'd like to get a taste of the local nightlife.

In this way Capacity is a multifaceted app. It can be either used during a global pandemic giving users a tool to help them avoid large crowds when possible, or it can be used in a post-Covid world where human interactions will be even more important.

Tech Stack

Capacity was writtten in React Native powered by Expo-cli. Below is a list of other technologies used throughtout the project.

Front End

• React Native
• Redux
• Google Places API

Back End

• Firebase
• Cloud FireStore

Running this project:

• git clone https://github.com/capacity-gljs/capacity-2.0.git
• cd capacity-2.0
• sign up for a google maps API key here (For a full set of instructions visit the this page)
• create keys for your Firebase config file by creating a Firebase account and creating a project. See instructions here
• create a file titled API_KEYS.JS in the root of your project
• copy and paste the following into your file and replace the X's with your api key from Google and the firebase config object from Firebase

  export const MAP_KEY = "XXXX";
  
  export const FIRE_CONFIG = {
      apiKey: "XXXX",
      authDomain: "XXXX",
      databaseURL: "XXXX",
      projectId: "XXXX",
      storageBucket: "XXXX",
      messagingSenderId: "XXXX",
      appId: "XXXX",
      measurementId: "XXXX",
  }

• npm install
• npm start

Viewing Published App

Note: testing this app requires downloading 'expo client' on an iOS product.

1. On your iOS device, download expo client from the app store.

2. Open the expo app and click on profile.

3. Sign in with the following credentials:

   • Username: capacity

   • Password: capacity2020

4. On the profile page under published projects, click on capacity

5. Sign up for a Capacity account or log in. You can now check on your favorite places and report on how crowded they are!

Authors

Samantha Jardanowski | Laura Maranto | Groana Melendez | Jennifer Rafael

The App