JonathanWagenet
Cut the Chi Bidding Website
Purpose
- New chapter philanthropy added for the fall semester that would be greatly enhanced with a website for online bidding.
Requirements
- Registration and Login system for identification and contact of bidders.
- Candidate directory with photos, names, descriptions, and option to bid.
- Bidding functionality for users to bid on candidates, with reasonable constraints.
- Presentable and usable web interface.
Reach Goals
- Email user verification and outbid notifications
- Administration tools to manage users, candidates, bids
Cut the Chi homepage.
Development Process
- Choose and learn Ruby on Rails as web framework and database controller.
- Use an established Rails tutorial to gain an understanding of the language and develop user system.
- Use learned skills to deviate from tutorial and develop bidding functions.
- Expand basic functionality to add action constraints and meet requirements.
- Display necessary info to user on web page.
- Style website for presentability.
Post Launch
- All requirements were functionally present. Due to time constraints, a set of administrative tools was only partially completed and the email system was not implemented.
- Learned a lot about the web development process for a production website with a database and deadline
- Realized I need to work on organizing work better ahead of time and set micro-deadlines.