Study Spots!

A responsive web application built using React & utilizing Google API's to discover local study spots based on certain criteria. The Popular Times API is used to quickly list spots based on how busy a spot currently is. Users can create accounts to save favorite study spots. A database hosted on Heroku is used to store user data. Google Firebase authentication will be used to create accounts.

now live! https://study-spots-uark.herokuapp.com

Running the Application

To run locally, we need to start the backend server in addition to the react app. Please use these steps:

1. cd into root project folder StudySpotsFrontEnd
2. enter npm install to install the new packages used in the server. this must be done in the root folder
3. enter npm test in the terminal. this starts the backend server which will handle requests to localhost:5000/poptimes
4. open a new terminal (do not close the first one)
5. cd into react-ui
6. enter npm install in the terminal, then npm start to start the react app