jamesngondo2013 / discovermalawi

Discover Malawi

Contents

Cross-Platform Tourism App

Admin Panel - Web Application

Unit Testing

How to run the application

System UML Diagram

Video Demo

##1. Cross-Platform Tourism App

Developed using Ionic Framework, AngularJS and Firebase

Firebase is the database that has been used in this project. Firebase is a real-time cloud data service and provides an API that stores and syncs data across multiple clients/ devices and it serves millions of users in no time. Firebase database is stored as JSON and synchronized in realtime to every connected client. When you build cross-platform apps with Android, iOS, and JavaScript SDKs, all of the clients share one Firebase database and automatically receive updates with the newest data.

Tourists will use this app to find hotels, fun spots to hang out at and look for upcoming events. They may also find this app a useful tool for checking weather forecast and to plan events accordingly. Tourists will be able to find information and easily locate points of interest such as hotels and restaurants in order to let them schedule their time more efficiently and increase the probability that they will visit places that they'll actually enjoy while in Malawi. The app will allow the users to add their personalized contents such diary notes. This application will provide a better user experience by taking advantage of newest technologies in order to promote Lake Malawi, mountains, wildlife reserves, cities, hotels, museums and the cultural heritage.

##2. Admin Panel - Web Application The web application is developed using AngularJS, HTML 5 and CSS. The web app is hosted live on Hosting24.com and can be accessed here. The main purpose of the web app is to allow administrators interact with the database (Firebase). All CRUD (create, read, update and delete) operations to the database are performed using this web application and all the changes made to the database using the web app are updated on mobile apps in real-time.

Below is the landing page. After a successful login, the admin is redirected to this page where CRUD (create, read, update and delete) operations take place.

##3. Unit Testing The admin web application has been tested using Selenium Web Driver - Java unit test.

##4. How to run the Application

• To run the web application, please click here. Username = [email protected] Password = gmitgalway

• The mobile app version runs on android platform. You can download discovermalawi.apk file provided in the project folder, within this repository and install it on your device. Please ensure that you're connected to internet in order to access all the functionalities of this app. The offline function of this app is under way.

##5. System UML Diagram Below is the UML diagram that represents a particular functionalities of this system. This is used to describe the relationships among the functionalities and their internal/external controllers.

##6. Video Demo To watch a video demo for this project, please click on this link