Styx Occursum Events

A social network where people of all interests can create events, and network with each other. The idea is simple: be it programming, reading, gaming, doing sports or dancing, there is a whole group of people out there sharing that interest with you. The only thing remaining is for you to meet them :)

Final project for my studies in Webdesign & Development at SAE Institute.

Tech Stack:

• Backend: Laravel, SQL, MYSQL Workbench, Laravel Passport
• Frontend: Vue.js, Axios, Google's Material Design
• Methodology: RESTful API
• Features: Basic CRUD Application- create, read, update & delete Events(API Resources)

Database Model:

Simple Many-to-Many relationship as seen below

• User - many - Meetups & vice versa et cetera

Installation

First make sure you have an environment such as XAMPP, MAMP, WAMP, Vagrant, Laravel Valet etc. After cloning this repo into your server directory:

Copy .env.example into .env

Run following commands:

composer install
npm install
npm run dev

php artisan migrate
php artisan key:generate
php artisan passport:install

php artisan serve    <- see 'Worth noting' below

In order to fill the tables with relational data, run the following factories:

php artisan tinker
>>> factory(App\Models\User::class, 50)->create();
>>> factory(App\Models\Groups::class, 20)->create();
>>> factory(App\Models\Meetups::class, 50)->create();
>>> factory(App\Models\Comments::class, 100)->create();
>>> factory(App\Models\CommentLikes::class, 100)->create();
>>> factory(App\Models\GroupMembers::class, 100)->create();
>>> factory(App\Models\Attending::class, 100)->create();

Other technical features include:

• CircleCI configuration
• Telescope Monitoring package installed
• Token auth powered by Laravel Passport
• Vue.js frontend with Vuex and Vue Router, utilizing auth API endpoints for registration, login and retrieval of currently logged in user

Worth noting

• Laravel is configured so that web server accesses base directory, not /public. To run it locally with php artisan serve, copy index.php in base directory and rename it to server.php.
• The frontend can be accessed at localhost:8000/app or respectively the assigned IP Address assigned from php artisan serve

Taking into consideration that you have a running copy in your machine, congratulations :). Test it, play around with it and don't hesitate to report any bugs or suggest new features.