analexander / reeferal

Reeferal

Summary:

This application functions as a reference guide for consumers seeking to find the most suitible strains of cannabis according to their selected preferences (type, flavor, and effects), and provides the user with more detailed information about each specific strain.

Users are able to bookmark their favorite strains and reference them later as well as find local dispensaries in the area in the in the "Find A Dispensary" page.

Instructions:

• Click on the "Find My Best Bud" button.
• Use the dropdown menus to refine the search query.
• Press "Submit".
• A selection of cannabis strains based on the users selection will populate.

Features:

• Users may favorite their preferred strains and reference it later in the favorites tab.
• Users may locate dispensaries in their area underneath the "Find Dispensaries" tab in the navigation menu.

User Story:

AS A marijuana consummer

I WANT to research marijuana strains

So THAT I can find the strains that best suit my needs and tastes.

Powered By:

• Picnic CSS

APIs

• The Strain API
• Unsplash Photo API
• Google Maps API

Authors- Joint Effort Made By:

Angel Alexander, Amor Andal, Vick Manjarrez, and Bianca Martinez.

Links:

Reference Your Reefer Here

Reflection:

This assignment was very difficult. We spent a lot of time trying to decide what to make our project about, and had a hard time getting everything going. We were a bit lax in assigning tasks, and sticking to deadlines or at least check-ins throughout the week to make sure that we were on track. Unfortunately, we did not use any organizational application such as Trello which we deeply regret. We had a few issues finding a viable public APIs, and once we found APIs that would be promising for the strains and the photos, we quickly realized that they were fairly difficult to work with. As time went on, we realized that there were so many little parts that needed to be done and accounted for. We tried to find a lot of work arounds considering we were using an APIs and CSS framework that didn't have a lot of documentation available, and/or weren't easy to figure out in general.

This is definitely a project we want to continue to refine and polish. We initially wanted to have a "Favorite's" page so that users would be able to save their favorite strains as a reference for later, but couldn't quite figure it out in time, and we ended up hiding the Favorite's Page as well as the Favorite's button before the presentation. We are happy that we were at least able to get the dropdown search function to load, and also the aesthetic themes that we implemented to make the page visually more inviting. Overall, this project really brought a lot to light. We realized the areas we really needed to improve upon as well as organization and assigning tasks. We got a better handle of how to work Gitbash, but could still use a vast amount of improvement.

It was great to see what it's like to work together as a group and implement GitHub, as well as how to merge files when multiple people were involved in editing. We had a lot of hiccups, but managed to put forth a fairly viable product. Overall, it was really fun, albeit quite stressful, to put this project together and it was truly a learning experience. We learned a lot, and quickly realized what areas we needed to improve upon in the moment as well as going forward. Though the outcome wasn't quite what we had envisioned, we are looking forward correcting and fine-tuning the project to meet the standards that we had originally set out to accomplish.