Public Poll Mobile App

This was my first ever attempt at create a full stack application on my own and I decided it would be fun to do it as a mobile app instead of as a web app since the world is going mobile. Below are the lists of technologies, a description of what I learned, how it works, and at the bottom is the link to both github repos.

• Frontend Language: Dart
• Frontend Framework: Flutter
• Backend Language: Java
• Backend Framework: Apache Tomcat
• Session Information: Redis
• Database: MySQL
• Cloud Service: Digital Ocean
• Image Storage: AWS S3
• API: REST

I learned a lot from this entire process. I spent many hours going through logs and directories fixing bugs and improving preformance. I had limited knowledge of REST APIs going into this, but I learned a great deal working on both the front and backend side of an API. I also learned how to navigate varying screen dimensions, utilize cloud serices, make decisions about technology usage, and more.

The app includes many pages. There is, of course, a sign up and sign in page. Here users will sign in securely.

Then there is the home page which includes a feed of all polls not responded to yet. Refreshing the page is available by scrolling up or clicking the refresh button in the bottom right. Each poll contains a question, up to 26 possible answers (A-Z), a statistics page to show the results, and includes comments from others. On the comment page, you can access other people’s account page by clicking on their profile picture.

There is a create poll page in which a poll can be created and published.

The account page contains the users information and three lists of polls. The first is a list of all polls manually saved, the second is a list of all polls responded to, and the final is a list of all polls created by that user. There is also a settings button which allows the user to edit personal information, profile picture, or the theme(color) of the app.

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