Team Connected

Project Description

Connect is a web application designed for non-profit organizations that work with refugees and asylum seekers.
Connect allows organizations to share events with clients in a secure, closed-loop system that helps the clients to have quick and easy access to events of interest without the need for any social media accounts.
Connect utilizes Django Rest Framework to deploy a PostgreSQL database. React.JS provides the front-end framework.

Videos

Momentum presentation, August 4, 2023

Project demo

Planning, Design, & Code

Connect Offers:

Amazon Web Service (AWS) S3 file storage.
AWS Translate automatically translates the event title and notes into the client's preferred language. Currently, Connect supports English, Spanish, French, and Swahili.
Django Model Translation automatically creates fields to store the translated materials and adds endpoints for getting the translated materials.
Django Email provides email integration.
Simple and unified styling with Chakra UI
Front-end built out with React.js

Front End Repo on GitHub

Back End Repo on GitHub

The Team

Alex Yang

Responsible for Front-end development of Connected. Implemented MapBox, Chakra UI, and Connected's PostGres database. Designed UI, basic branding and logo.

GitHub

Alain Ishimwe

I was part of the backend team and I enjoyed working on the translation feature and permissions.

GitHub

Steve Lehew

I worked on the back end framework for this project. Implemented AWS S3, AWS Translate, and Django Mail integration.

GitHub