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Technical Architecture Planning

Platforms

• Web Browser
  • Desktop
  • Mobile

Back-end

• Building the entire backend with NodeJS

  Everyone is familiar with NodeJS. Single-Threaded

  • Production Database
    • PostgreSQL - use best practices to ensure scalability and DRYness
  • Development Database
    • SQLite3
  • Dependencies
    • Express
    • Knex - for managing the database structure
    • bcrypt js - hashing passwords / password security
    • JSON web tokens
    • passport
    • OAuth
  • Testing Frameworks
    • Jest
    • Supertest

• Messaging

  • Twillio

  Twilio - Communication APIs for SMS, Voice, Video and Authentication

Front-end

• ReactJS

  • Hooks
    • Hooks cleans up the code and reduces the need for class components
  • Context API

• Testing

  • Snapshot testing

• Mapping APIs

  • MapBox API
    • This is free up to 25,000 active users per month and 50,000 monthly map loads per month
    • There is a react library already built for mapbox
      • https://uber.github.io/react-map-gl/#/Documentation/advanced/custom-components

Styling Considerations

InciniWeb is a great example of what our app could look like