nspektor / confident-ly

Web Application to help people overcome imposter syndrome by interacting with others in the same position and keeping track of their accomplishments

Confident.ly

Made by the Confidence Alliance: Nellie Spektor, Mark Abramov & Amir Lavi

Our Mission

Create a community to help people gain confidence in their own abilities and instill a sense of belonging.

Future Planning - what we hope to accomplish:

• Raise awareness for imposter syndrome.
• Get more people to use our website to create a community environment
• Create a better and more cohesive user experience

How To Run

1. clone the directory
2. in terminal, navigate to the directory you cloned and run: npm install
3. install mongodb
4. in terminal, type: mongod
5. in a new terminal window at the same location, type: node app.js
6. open http://localhost:8080 in a web browser

Check Out Our Survey Results

We put out a survey to find out how valuable our project would be to those who suffer from imposter syndrome, and to help us decide how to implement features to maximize impact. We got over 160 responses in just a day and a half, and you can find a summary of the first 187 responses here.

Project Structure

Name	Description
config/passport.js	Passport Local and OAuth strategies, plus login middleware.
controllers/api.js	Controller for /api route and all api examples.
controllers/contact.js	Controller for contact form.
controllers/home.js	Controller for home page (index).
controllers/user.js	Controller for user account management.
models/User.js	Mongoose schema and model for User.
public/	Static assets (fonts, css, js, img).
public/js/application.js	Specify client-side JavaScript dependencies.
public/js/main.js	Place your client-side JavaScript here.
public/css/main.scss	Main stylesheet for your app.
public/css/themes/default.scss	Some Bootstrap overrides to make it look prettier.
views/account/	Templates for login, password reset, signup, profile.
views/api/	Templates for API Examples.
views/partials/flash.pug	Error, info and success flash notifications.
views/partials/header.pug	Navbar partial template.
views/partials/footer.pug	Footer partial template.
views/layout.pug	Base template.
views/home.pug	Home page template.
.env.example	Your API keys, tokens, passwords and database URI.
app.js	The main application file.
package.json	NPM dependencies.
package-lock.lock	Contains exact versions of NPM dependencies in package.json.

Credits

https://github.com/sahat/hackathon-starter