Rising Technologies

Dashboard Interface page with random suggestions
Product details page with seller bio
Automatic Related products prediction page
Categories page containing live chat/feedback service

Inspiration

I and my team's hearts were pinched by the atrocities the under-privileged women were facing day in and day out. This motivated us to help the organization, Rising International build a new interface for these amazingly talented women to sell their products on a global scale. The mission and vision of Rising International inspired us to go the extra mile and build this application for them

What it does

It is a one-stop platform for women in a high-risk environment to fend for themselves. This website enables the sellers and buyers an online stage for selling the artisan's work of art. A lucid yet attractive display of statistics is given for the buyers. This application is aimed to replace the manual completion of paper forms.

How we built it

Our web application uses performance driven and efficiency outlined languages, architectures, framework and User Interfaces. We have used angularJS, HTML5, CSS3,Bootstrap, NodeJS, MySQL, IBM Bluemix for developing this end to end web application.

Challenges we ran into

We had a huge discussion and brainstorming session for understanding the system requirements. Getting a clear picture of the entire workflow was one of the challenges our team ran into. Integration of various platforms like the static HTML with the dynamic data was a challenging task. Creation of illustrative and attractive user interface while keeping the interface easy to use was also one of the hiccups we ran into.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Implementing the QR code scanning interface to the mobile users. This effectively replaces manual filling of forms.

Adding a touch of graphs and pie charts to the dashboard of the user helps the user understand the results better.

What we learned

Our team had a very good learning experience in better understanding the technology. Not just the technology, our team now understands the pain of an artisan and the huge steps taken by Non-Profit Organizations like Rising Internationals in aiding these artisans and valuing their skills. We now better understand the effort that goes into achieving women empowerment.

What's next for Rising Technologies

Rising Technologies provided us with unique and challenging requirements. This gave our team an amazing opportunity to develop efficient and supportable code which can be easily scaled and expanded. We will be more than happy to further extend our efforts in helping the organization by developing a full-scale end to end online marketplace, which might as well be the end product what the organization is looking at. Help one Help all!

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Submitted to

SVCC Opportunity Hack
- Winner 2nd Place

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This was a fantastic learning experience for me.
The parts of the project that I worked on include:
1) Creating the database architecture and schema
2) Loading the database with real information.
3) Working on Web development libraries like nodejs to create a robust backend server.
4) Using IBM Bluemix for deploying the nodejs server.
5) Created a message notification system using Twilio sdk.
6) Organizing the thoughts of the entire team.

Acquisitions:

1) System requirement specification understanding in detail.
2) various perspectives to be taken into consideration when designing database schema .
3) Improving my web development skills.
4) Eager and enthusiastic to learn more.

Sharath Nagendra
I worked on "My_Accounts" module. I created the front end using Angular Js. Created the graphical representation of the data using D3 Js and C3 Js. It was my first time to work with D3 Js and had a great experience learning it here. I also worked on fetching the order details and leads details form the data base inventory and displaying it in the front end page.

Learnings:
Understanding the bottom up approach for analyzing the requirements and implementing them technically.
2. Learnt how to break down the huge requirements into smaller modules and building them one by one.

Shruti Kangokar
- Front-end Design and development of the website homepage, product page, about us page, cart-page, using Bootstrap, HTML5, CSS3
- Developed the chat application for the conversation between seller and buyer
- Developed the map for depicting the locations of the organizations using Mapbox API.
- Helped with an idea to get the QR code for an URL.

Brushed up my front-end development skills. All thanks to the team and the vast problem statement.

Sanjeedha Sanofer
Contribution:

1. Collected the detailed requirements of the NPO and zero down on the most important pain points.
2. Translating broad business requirements to technically feasible requirements.
3. Developed a complete system design for eCommerce platform and identified the scope of creativity in various areas of the project.
3. Developed the Database schema from scratch to suite the needs of the business req and our system design.
4. Loaded the database base with real values using GenerateData.com.
5. Planned a detailed list of REST APIs necessary for the implementation of the project
5. Worked on the Customer Order placement flow by using Angular MVC framework to link EJS pages with the Backend NodeJS.
6. Assisted Team in creating Dashboard charts, graphs, Leads, accomplishments flow.
7. Performed end to end integration testing of the code.

Learning:
1) Learnt the tips and tricks of requirement gathering by our Mentor. Learnt classification of broad and vague business cases to feasible technical stories.
2) Learnt Prioritizing the items in the bucket list and managing timelines.
3) Most important of all i learnt networking and presenting ones project with target audience in mind.

Rekha Shankar Reddy
My contribution in this project:
1) Database development and designing
2) Loading the sample values into the database.
3) Integration of angularJS with the backend NodeJS server on leads and orders page of the user account.

Learnings:
1) Requirement gathering and analysis.
2) Working and coordinating with team members helping me to improve my soft skills.
3) Brushing up my MEAN Stack and database development skills

Swathi Nuggehalli Sudarshan
Contributions:
1. designed and developed backend APIs for the application using node JS.
2. wrote SQL queries to get the details from MySQL DB.
3. code integration and integration testing.
4, Git repo maintenance.
5. deploy the app's node server on IBM Blumix and DB on Amazon RDS.
6. work distribution and team management.

Learnings:
1. Gather the requirements from the clients/users who are not from technical background.
2. working in a pressure situation and stay focused for the long duration.

Raghavendra Guru