Full-Stack, CRUD Web Application for those on the job hunt
This was the second project after 11 weeks of attending the Galvanize full-stack web development program and was done in a group of three. My first project was a purely front-end basketball game using HTML/CSS/Javascript so after learning the back-end portion of the full-stack, my group wanted to build an app that followed the principals of CRUD. As finding a job was (and still is) a top priority, we realized there wasn't a great tool for consolidating job search information. Typically this is done by keeping track of numerous emails, bookmarking job posts, and loose pieces of paper. We wanted to create a central location for users to browse jobs via Indeed.com's API, keep a personal list of jobs they're interested in, and related information to these jobs (notes, application stage, interview questions).
Job Search Page
User Job List
Job Application Information
Please visit the following link for a short demo of the application:
One of the challenges we faced was about working in a group to build an application. Understanding the process and flow of Github took a bit of time to adjust to. There were more merge conflicts than we expected which were tedious to resolve. Creating a proper, working SQL schema for the data was also challenging to conceptualize. Thus, writing the Knex statements to make Postgres queries was equally difficult. Another challenge was properly rendering a lot of data using the templating engine EJS. There was a good amount of if/else logic to display certain content which was tricky to navigate. Pagination was also a lot harder than I realized. New found appreciation for the level of difficulty in programming small features like pagination that are seemingly trivial for the casual user.
- HTML/CSS(Foundation)
- Javascript
- jQuery
- Node.js
- Express
- EJS
- PostgreSQL
- Knex
- Fix pagination
- Add more inputs for users (cover letter, phone number, contacts/employees)
- CSS adjustments
- Debug errors to deploy to Heroku
Indeed.com only granted a temporary API key for this project. In process of acquiring another.