Considered Collectively

Considered Collectively is a web app that allows you to track and follow bills in the United States Congress.The application is built using Python, Flask, Bootstrap 5, and deployed on Heroku using a PostgreSQL database.

Technologies in Used:

• Front-End:

  • In Use: HTML, CSS, and Bootstrap 5 (alpha) using templates built with Jinja.
  • Not in used: JQuery (because it's 2020).

• Back-End:

  • In Use: Python, Flask, PostgreSQL, and Bcrypt.

Database Information:

• DATABASE:
  • Data is stored in a many-to-many PostgreSQL database on Heroku.
  • User password data is encrypted using Bcrypt.
  • Bills are only saved when a user clicks on "Follow The Bill". This saves space on the server.
  • Bills are updated every morning when an external cron job makes a request to a secret route, allowing for the user to see the latest bills whenever they login.
• DATA USED:
  • ProPublica's Congress API.

Testing

All Functions will be broken down and unit tested wherever possible. This section is still a WIP, more to come soon.

Errors and bugs

If something is not behaving intuitively, it is a bug and should be reported. Report it here by creating an issue: https://github.com/Leomedina/Follow_Your_Rep/issues.

Help me fix the problem as quickly as possible by following Mozilla's guidelines for reporting bugs.

Team:

• UI / UX: Leo Medina
• Front-End Developer: Leo Medina
• Back-End Engineer: Leo Medina

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