TalentTrade 🤝

Tired of paying huge amounts of money for private lessons or online courses on top of the already expensive tuition? Introducing TalentTrade, a web app that allows students to teach others skills in exchange for learning another skill. Instead of paying hundreds of dollars for lessons, find a trade partner who knows the skill you want to learn and wishes to learn something you know! Join the community and share your skills with others.

MVP 🏆

• Account creation with User Authentication
• User Reviews
• Skill Questionnaire focused on college students, ranging from academic skills to miscellaneous talents.
• Sleek navigation system
• In-app messaging system for communication between users.
• Video integration for remote teaching with both video call and chat functionality.
• Profile pages showcasing previous work, skills taught, or testimonials.
• Skill Matching Algorithm to suggest relevant skill exchange partners.

Stretch Goals 💪

• Scheduling feature to arrange skill swap sessions.
• Reputation system based on user feedback.
• Request feature that sends alerts to users with similar skills.
• Custom feed for users to browse skills they might wish to learn.
• Calendar Integration for Scheduling directly within the app or through API integration.

Milestones 🎯

Week 1: Set Up ⚙️

• Discuss team roles (frontend/backend) and finalize project/tech stack.
• Set up communication channels and development environments.
• Review GitHub basics:
  • Create branches.
• Start designing in Figma.
• Learn the basics of the tech stack (watch videos and code along).
  

Week 2: More Preparation 💡

• Front End:
  • Review and brainstorm UI/UX design ideas.
  • Complete the base Figma Design.
• Back End:
  • Set up User Authentication and Database.
  • Work on video integration.
  • Design Database Schemas.
• Collaborate on app functionality details.
• Ensure everyone is aligned on the project vision and resolve any conflicts (e.g., handling users without a tradeable talent).
  

Weeks 3: Coding 👨🏻‍💻

• Front End:
  • Start developing frontend components.
  • Work on:
    • Login/Signup Page
    • Home Page
    • Profile Page
• Back End:
  • Complete user data storage and retrieval in databases.
  • Develop talent trading recommendation algorithm.
    

Weeks 4: Keep Coding 📟

• Front End:
  • Work on:
    • Connections Page
    • Messaging
    • Video Calling
    • Implement Settings Page for user preferences.
• Back End:
  • Implement in-app messaging system.
  • Integrate video sharing (explore APIs like WebRTC, Agora, or Twilio).
    

Weeks 5-6: Middle Stretch 👾

• Front End:
  • Finalize Login/Signup, Home, Profile, Messaging, Connections, and Settings pages.
  • Determine implementation for Video Calling.
• Back End:
  • Finish talent trading algorithm.
  • Implement a basic rating system for evaluating traders.
    

Weeks 7-8: Finishing Touches 👔

• Finalize backend and frontend integration.
• Plan and brainstorm for the presentation.
• Work on stretch goals
• Ensure connectivity between frontend and backend.
  

Weeks 9-10: Wrapping Up/Presentation Night 🗣🎤🖥️

• Complete any remaining stretch goals.
• Prepare and practice the presentation.
• Present to stakeholders.
  

Tech Stack 💻

• React: Building the frontend with a focus on interactivity.
  • Setup Guide
  • React Tutorial for Beginners
  • Do's and Don'ts
• Express.js: Backend framework for creating RESTful APIs.
  • RESTful APIs in 10s
• Node.js: JavaScript runtime for backend services.
  • Node Download
  • What is node?
    • Optional but you should watch
• MongoDB: NoSQL database for storing user data and app information.
  • How to start with Node, Express, and MongoDB
  • MERN Stack Tutorial

Software to Install </>

• Visual Studio Code
• Git (version control)
• Node

Other Resources 🗂️

• Git cheat sheet
• Git in-depth tutorial
• Postman set up tutorial
• Sign up for Figma
• Video Calling in ReactJS
• Messaging App Playlist

Competitors 🤼

• SkillShare (Paid option with only select classes not covering niche or degree-specific topics)
• YouTube (Has a big selection but is not personalized and does not reinforce your other skills)
• Khan Academy (Might not have certain topics for college students and is only academic)
• Reading textbooks (Really time-consuming and could be an information overload)

Team TalentTrade 🙌

Developers

• Cheryl Wang - cherry
• Adrian Tran - reynolds
• Daniel Nguyen - danny
• Sunay Shehaan - Blizzy

Project Manager

• Noel Emmanuel - The Amazing 23456

Industry Mentor

• Sam Stegall