The Astronomical Research Tool

• A full stack astronomical data application built with React and Mongoose.
  The Astronomical Research Tool

Project Concept

• Store astronomical data without any mythological symbolism.
• Users can study the data to test out different methods of interpretation.

Project Functionality

• The user can enter new events without logging in.
• The user must login to save events on their personal account.
• Saved events appear once the user logs into the website.
• Saved events can be removed.

Getting Started

• You can see a working version of this project in the link above, or install it on your computer with the instructions below.

Prerequisites

• Node.js
• Yarn Package Manager
• Babel.js
• MongoDB

Installing

1. git clone into your directory.
2. mongod to start your Mongo server
3. Create a new database in Mongo called astrology.
4. yarn install in the project directory to prepare the necessary packages.
5. yarn build to optimize the application.
6. npm install --save-dev babel-cli babel-preset-env if you don't have Babel.JS working yet.
7. yarn start to get it running.
8. It will open in localhost:3000.

Deployment

• Upload the project to Heroku and connect it to the Mongo Lab Add-on.

Built With

• All Cities JSON by Randy Meech - An array of objects containing global city names and coordinates.
• Timezoner - Node.js client library for accessing Google Time Zone API.
• Moment Timezone - Parse and display dates in any timezone.
• React Toastify - React notification made easy!
• Bcrypt - Optimized bcrypt in JavaScript with zero dependencies.
• Axios - Promise based HTTP client for the browser and node.js.
• Express - Fast, unopinionated, minimalist web framework for node.js.
• Mongo - A free and open-source cross-platform document-oriented database program.
• Mongoose - a MongoDB object modeling tool designed to work in an asynchronous environment.
• React - Frontend Framework by Facebook.
• Node.js - A JavaScript runtime built on Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine.
• Yarn - A fast, reliable, and secure dependency management.
• Babel - A compiler for writing ECMAScript 2015 JavaScript.
• README-Template - A template to make good README.md.

Author

• Deep Research