The UHBer Project

Do you live off campus? If so, you’ve most likely encountered traffic james on your commute to school or have faced difficulties with getting to school on time. This is where UHBer comes to the rescue! With the concept of “points” as the currency system, you can share rides with another student at UH Manoa and even make new friends along the way!

Contributions

My main contribution to this project was focused on the log-in experience for the user. This includes the sign in page, which all users will need to access in order to utilize our service, in addition to the Forgot Password page, which uses an external service SendGrid to send password reset emails to users who request them. Along with other team members, I also looked into FullCalendar to offer a full-sized calendar for users in the future.

The Experience

As with other projects, I’ve learned a considerable amount of information from this project. In fact, that is my favorite part of projects - that you can experiment as much as you can and learn while producing a great product! Though the sign in page had some functionality already defined from the ICS 314 class exercises, the Forgot Password page required integration with an SMTP server to send out the password reset emails to the users (not covered in class). This was where a significant part of the learning occured, and I gained a lot of valuable experience that I can apply in future projects.

To learn more, visit the UHBer GitHub page. To view a live demo, go to http://uhber.meteorapp.com/#/.