Train Scheduler App

Overview

In this project, a train schedule application that incorporates Firebase to host arrival and departure data is created. The app retrieves and manipulates this information with Moment.js. This website provides up-to-date information about various trains, namely their arrival times and how many minutes remain until they arrive at their station.

Setup

• Firebase is used to store data
• GitHub is used to backup the project, and
• Heroku is used to host the finished site.

Procedure

• The app is developed such that:
  When adding trains, administrators should be able to submit the following:

  • Train Name
  • Destination
  • First Train Time — in military time
  • Frequency — in minutes

• The app is Coded to calculate when the next train will arrive; this is relative to the current time.

• It is also coded such that users from many different machines should be able to view same train times.

• The “minutes to arrival” and “next train time” text is updated once every minute.

• Update and remove buttons for each train is added to the app. These let the user edit the row’s elements— allow them to change a train’s Name, Destination and Arrival Time (and then, by relation, minutes to arrival).

• The app is made such that only users who log into the site with their Google or GitHub accounts can use the site.