Democratic Lunch

Website for managing a poll of lunch options. You can check a demonstration video here.

Features

• User Authentication using JSON Web Tokens
• Visualization of poll results as well as results from the current week
• Mobile friendly interface
• Users can change their vote, triggering the exclusion of their previous choice and registering the new option
• After the user has logged in, their vote will be displayed on the poll
• Users cannot enter options that have already been chosen as the winner in the week

Implementation Details

• RESTful API using NodeJS that validates all information before entering it on the MongoDB database
• User authentication using Passport and JSON Web Tokens
• Frontend developed in Angular with Angular Material for displaying interface elements
• Automated tests
• Poll results are shown using the Chart.js library

How to run it locally

Environment

• Angular 9.1.12
• NodeJS 12.16.1
• MongoDB shell version 4.2.8

Build

You must open three terminal windows, following the instructions below:

1. In the "mongodb" folder, open a command line and use the following commands:

mongorestore --db lunchPicker dump/lunchPicker

mongod --dbpath=data --bindip 127.0.0.1

2. In the "backend" folder, open a command line and use the following commands:

npm install

npm start

3. In the "frontend" folder, open a command line and use the following commands:

npm install

npm start

4. Enter 'localhost:4200' in your browser
5. You can run the automated tests using the command ng test