Readingdb.com

Presentation for the website created in projects 3-5 of CS329E.

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1. Readingdb.com Created by: Daniel Greer, Christopher Kreke, Joshua Kelley, Nick Kuzmich, Henry Nguyen
2. Group Members • Daniel Greer • Christopher Kreke • Joshua Kelley • Nick Kuzmich • Henry Nguyen
3. Website Layout • Project Website • Splash Page ◦ About ▪ Unit Tests ▪ Group Members ▪ Stats ◦ Books ◦ Authors ◦ Publishers
4. Critiques - readingdb.com • Good ◦ Tables/Models layout ◦ # entries ◦ Search function ◦ Linked Pages • Learn ◦ Design and layout are key • Improvements ◦ Splash Page ◦ Individual/About Page layout ◦ Picture resize ◦ Navigation bar
5. Critiques - hackstreetboys.me • Good ◦ Tables ◦ Individual Pages ◦ Learn More & Wikipedia buttons ◦ Search Box in Navigation Bar • Learn ◦ Include a navigation bar ◦ Search box • Improvements ◦ Splash Page ◦ Books column in other tables ◦ # of entries shown ◦ Picture resize
6. Back End • Flask ◦ Used to integrate python code into the website ◦ Classes were created for books, authors, and publishers • SQLAlchemy ◦ Used to create models to store the data ◦ Used to create a search function within the models
7. Deployment • Deployed using Google Cloud Platform (GCP) ◦ GCP coupons ◦ Created instance of project ◦ Connect with NameCheap url ◦ app.yaml • Used a virtual environment to install necessary packages ◦ Flask ◦ SQLAlchemy ◦ GUnicorn • Connect database ◦ Create instance of database ◦ Update app.yaml file with connection information ◦ Install proxy