Evalu8 (WIP)

Description

This app was built for the physician assistant department of Saint Francis University to provide reporting for accreditation purposes. It was by the third of three groups within Dr. Kevin Slonka's CPSC410 class at SFU.

Tech Stack

This application was built using the following technologies:

- Node.js

- Electron.js

- TailwindCSS

- React

- Vite

- SQLite3

- TypeScript

Product

This application accomplishes a variety of tasks that aid the PA department in their accreditation process. The application provides metrics for the following:

- Course Evaluations

- Guest Speaker Evaluations

- Course Grades

The application takes input primarily through excel spreadsheets, however data can be manually entered. These excel spreadsheets are automatically generated through exports like Google Forms.

The application has a variety of pages to complete various tasks, whether it be importing data, exporting metrics, or editing existing data; each task is broken out into its own home.

Outcome

During this project, I was one of seven teammates, and I had the most experience with the chosen tech stack. For this reason, I assumed something of a leadership role throughout the process. I gained experience delegating tasks and explaining foreign concepts to unfamiliar team members.

However, I did not just gain soft skills. I also learned how to design and structure interfaces in Figma, an industry standard application design tool. I also learned how to set up a SQLite database and interact with it via the BetterSQLite3 API.

However, these do not compare to the knowledge I've gained with Electron, the desktop development framework. I learned how Electron utilizes IPC to pass data from the main process, to the renderer process, and then to the client. This is also my first official project using TypeScript, which has been very beneficial as my background is primarily JavaScript.