GMU Study Buddy

Hi! The GMU Study Buddy app is a Tinder-like social media app that helps connect GMU students to potential study partners. http://gmu-study-buddy.duckdns.org/

Requirements

Functional Requirements

• Account Authentication
• Profile Setup
• Cards
• Matching
• Matches List
• Help

Non-functional Requirements

• Usability: Easy to Navigate and learn
• Scalability: App services can grow/shrink in size
• Portability: Able to run on any browser or mobile device
• Security: Only available to GMU students

Architecture

Event-Driven Architecture

• Makes the application respond depending on user inputs that trigger changes in events or states.
• Best fits the nature of a social media app, where functions are activated based on how users interact with the GUI and the app’s growth depends entirely on events activated by user input.

Pre-requisites

• git
• node