Summary of files and what they are:
mainLogin.js -> This is the main javascript file that uses node express to connect and to load the website up.
/public/login.html -> This is the login page, and is the only html file (everything else is an embedded javascript template, or ejs). It doesn't do much other than hold the form that makes the call to /checkUserLogin in mainLogin.js after someone entered their login information.
/public/stylesLogin.css -> Just the stylesheet to make the login page look pretty.
/styles/stylesDashboard.css -> The stylesheet to make the dashboard pages look pretty.
/views/ -> Contains a range of ejs files that switch the pages of the website. Has both user dashboard pages and admin dashboard pages.
Summary of files and what they are:
index.js -> This is the main javascript file that uses node express to connect to the mobile app.
app.zip -> Contains the files which fully run the Android app
User.js -> This is the schema for the database. It contains structures used in both the mobile app and website
Install a MongoDB on your computer like the node-setup.pdf says under project files on canvas. Create a folder for the data for your database to go
under the /bin folder of your mongodb folder (what you downloaded) type:
./mongod --dbpath=and then add the exact path to that folder for the data that you created before. Note there are commented out portions that can access an Atlas database. For now we aren't using this, but it can be accessed if desired.
In a different tab on terminal or command line, navigate to the folder containing my files from git. Make sure you install Node.js into these folders following the node-setup.pdf again. Then type
node mainLogin.jsto run the website or
node index.jsto start running the android app
For the website, if you then go to a browser and type http://localhost:3000 , the login screen should show up, but note that accounts are only intended to be created on the Android app.
For the Android app, unzip the app.zip file and open the file produced in AndroidStudio. Wait for the gradle to compile everything, and then run the program on a valid configuration. Make sure that the index file was run prior to running the app, as this is required in order to have access to the database.
If you have questions or problems, feel free to reach out to us. -Morgan, Alan, Ali