Day 2

Written by Steven C.

What we did yesterday:

• Steven J.: Started on website; Hosted website on Vercel
• Steven C.: Research on stack technologies and host services to use; Installed node.JS
• Ariel.: Installed Node Js, nvm
• Jonathan.: Research and installed node js, VSCode, Sass
• Sam: Installed Node JS, VS code

Discussion

• Deciding on database
• Teaching what technologies we are using during meeting

Technologies to use (tentative)

Front-end

• NextJS - JS library on top of React Library; has server-side rendering for faster load times on pages
• SASS - preprocessing CSS library
• Stripe - payment Library

Middleware

• ExpressJS - easier to use over Django, Python

Back-end

• Some kind of NoSQL Database or PostgreSQL

Hosting

• Firebase (for Auth, database, cloud functions), DigitalOcean for frontend and middleware
• Or AWS Amplify - for frontend and middleware

Goals:

• Steven J.: Finish the company website
• Steven C.: Working on the first assignment due on Friday
• Ariel.: Continue familiarizing with the technologies
• Jonathan.: Continue familiarizing with the technologies
• Sam: Continue familiarizing with the technologies