<aside> ❓ See Technical Research Guide for more info on using this page

</aside>

Technical Architecture Planning

Platforms

• Web Browser
  • Desktop
  • Mobile

We believe most users will want to use a native iOS app. Without an iOS developer, however, the web team will likely start with a "mobile-first" approach to the web app.

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 (we are considering Postgres to avoid issues when migrating to production - something some of us experienced during build week)
    • Docker - had issues setting up Postgres locally, so we may consider learning Docker to create Postgres Docker containers to run queries against it

  • Dependencies

    • Express
    • Knex - for managing the database structure
    • bcrypt js - hashing passwords / password security
    • json web tokens
    • passport
    • OAuth

  • Testing Frameworks

    • Jest
    • Supertest

    *** Do we need a special API request for how iOS deals with geo-location ***

• Messaging

  • Twillio

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

  • Telnyx

  SIP Trunking, Voice and Messaging Solutions | Telnyx

ERD 1 & 2

ERD 1 & 2

ERD 3

ERD 3

API Integrations