Altruize

Altruize is a platform that allows registered nonprofit organizations to ask for help from short term volunteers.
Check it out at https://altruize.herokuapp.com/

User flow

NGO flow

🧪 Want to use this project?

Check, explore and remix it!

See instructions

1. Fork and the clone the repository

2. In the root directoy run npm run install:all.

3. Add your env variables:

3.1 server --> .env.example (save as .env)

PORT=<the port you like but no 3000>
PSQL_DB_NAME=<'db name'>
PSQL_DB_USER=<'user name'>
PSQL_DB_PASSWORD=<'leave it blank if you dont want a password'>
PSQL_DB_HOST='localhost'
TOKEN_SECRET=<'a secret alpahumeric string'>

4. Start postgresSQL and create a database.

CREATE DATABASE 'db name'

5. In the root directoy run npm run start:all.

6. 🚀 Open http://localhost:3000 to view it in your browser, and start using the app!

🥞 Stack

Front-End

• React with material ui.
• Redux and React-router.

Back-End

• Node.js with Express for the server.
• PostgreSQL with sequalize for the database.

👨‍💻👨‍💻👨‍💻👨‍💻 Team

Scott Burgess
Alejandro Gutiérrez
Leonard Schilcher
Gerard Soldevila