Vet Health

It is a web-based system that connect livestock farmer to vet services. Backend API endpoints are done using TDD using Jest.
Vet are assigned according to the their previous ratings, nearness to client(currently done at 6 km proximity) and area of specialization.
Vet have a dashboard where they are prompted to accept system assigned tasks. They can also manage all the accepted jobs at their dashboards.

Technologies

• Node.js
• MongoDB
• Experssjs
• Mongoose
• Jest
• Sendgrid for email sending
• Lipa na Mpesa(local mobile money transfer platform).

Home page

Validation in the sign-up and login page

Validation in the user Request form

Automatic client location or manual picking after request form submission.

Client being shown the status of different jobs posted when clicking the request timeline

Validation in the vet detail creation or updation form. By default shown a map of the client location at the bottom.

Vet being prompted to accept the system assigned task

Can view the submitted images

Vet jobPull of the accepted jobs.

Other application specifications can be view in the tests folder in the repo.

How to Run and start the backend / server

1. install node js in the client development machine and ensure npm is installed by the command

   npm -v

   to check npm version

2. install mongoDb

3. install node_modules / dependencies as specified in the package.json at 311-project this is done by the command

   npm install --save

4. At the Project root folder 311_project after installing the modules run the command

   node index.js

5. The above command runs and starts the server at

   port 3100

How to Run and start the client build, running the build does not require any additional dependencies except a server to serve the build This is achieved in the following 3 steps.

1. run the command below to install client server globally

   npm install -g serve

2. Run the command below at the client root folder client to start the client server.

   serve -s build

3. The last command shown above will serve static site on the port 5000. open http://localhost:3000 to view in the browser

   Like many of serve’s internal settings, the port can be adjusted using the -l or --listen flags:

   serve -s build -l 4000

   open http://localhost:4000 to view in the browser

How to Run and start the client in development mode

1. The client has been bootstraped with

   npx create-react-app

2. additional dependencies can be found at client/package.json file