DayTomato Milestone 3 FridayIdeas fridayideas.github.io

Product Overview & Motivation Even after living in a city for so long you may not know about all the hidden gems. Tourists want to see the best local places, not the typical destinations. DayTomato lets: ● Locals share their favourite places and trips ● Tourists find and explore local favourites based on their preferences

Architecture Android App (Xamarin) REST API (Express) Write information Read information Technologies ● Xamarin ● Google Maps & Places API ● NodeJS ● MongoDB ● Heroku ● Appveyor and Travis CI ● Segment.io + Mixpanel mLab Database (MongoDB)

● Revamping UI ● Translating UX improvements into design and implementation tasks ● Maintaining team velocity once all major features were in ● Acquiring relevant user feedback ● Developing with unfamiliar, less mainstream technologies (e.g. Xamarin) Project Challenges

Pilot Testing Method ● Distributed to friends & family ● Distributed survey ● Over-the-shoulder testing ● Track user interaction with Analytics Results ● Received comments about UI ○ Revamped UI ● Spotted complexities in UX ○ Planned to improve UX ● Discovered bugs ○ Ongoing fixes ● Advised to reward user ○ Planned to send recognition emails