haritha99ch / crime-watch

An Incidents Management System for PUSL3120 Coursework

CrimeWatch

Crime Watch is an innovative web application that offers a unique solution to the problem of crime. It allows citizens to report any criminal activities or illegal incidents they witness directly to the proper authorities for investigation and judgment. This provides an effective way for law enforcement officials to investigate and judge the outcome of these reported crimes, as well as providing peace of mind for those who have witnessed them.

The Crime Watch system works by allowing users to upload photos, videos, or descriptions related to their incident in order provide evidence and details about what happened. The information is then sent immediately into a secure database maintained by the police department and notify the online police officers ensuring it gets seen right away so appropriate action can be taken swiftly if necessary.

This is a MEAN stack web application which is a full-stack JavaScript solution that uses MongoDB, Express.js, AngularJS, and Node.js

Setup

Prerequisite

1. Node.js and npm (Node Package Manager) installed on your computer. You can download Node.js from the official website (https://nodejs.org/).
2. Addition to that you must install Angular CLI, typescript compiler and mongodb server globally on your computer.
3. An integrated development environment (IDE) to write your code
4. Git installed on your computer.

Initial setup

1. Clone the project.

   git clone https://github.com/haritha99ch/Crime-Watch.git

2. Change directory to src

   cd Crime-Watch/src

3. Set Environment variables.

4. Install all the dependencies.

   src$ npm install .

5. Build the project. This will build the angular frontend application to be served in the express server.

   src$ npm run build

6. Run the project.

   src$ npm start

7. Navigate to http://localhost:8080/ for the development application.