Tripmates

An app that makes it easy for friends to plan a trip together.

Description

Create a trip plan by specifying a destination, tentative dates, estimated costs, and a starter list of activity ideas. Invite friends to add/vote on desired trip dates and activities.

Demo

https://tripmates.herokuapp.com

Creators

Nikhil Mehta
Lydia Demissachew
Eric Davis
An Yu

Customer quote

"It's trippy, mayne!" – JuicyJ

Development

Installation requirements

• Node
• NPM
• MySQL
• API key for YelpFusion API

Running locally

Run the following commands from the root directory:

npm install  
npm run build:watch  
npm start

Initialize database (replace with MySQL username/password if different):

mysql -u root -p < server/schema.sql

Current constraints / Some known bugs

• YelpFusion API results lag.
• Invited friend must already have a Tripmates account.
• Inviting a nonexistent user prevents trip creation even if an existent user is later invited.
• Creating a trip with the same trip name as someone else's will give you both access to the same trip.
• Adding a date range or activity that matches another exactly will tie vote counts together.
• Estimated costs must be in number format to create trip.
• Adding blank date options/activity ideas displays empty bullets.
• Lonesome lad on homepage banner misrepresents Tripmates' social YOLO ethos.