People often possess unique skills but lack a platform to share them locally and effectively. Many individuals either struggle to find learning opportunities from skilled individuals or have difficulty completing tasks due to a lack of assistance. There is no structured way to exchange such essential yet simple skills within a community.
- Store user profiles and their skillsets.
- Manage tasks posted, accepted, and completed.
- Handle points transactions, leaderboards, and friendships.
- Store reviews, ratings, and community data.
- User authentication and authorization.
- API endpoints for CRUD operations (tasks, profiles, points, friendships).
- Handle server-side logic for the points system, leaderboard, and friendship/requests.
- Build an interactive, responsive user interface.
- Create forms for task creation, skill inputs, and help requests.
- Display dashboards for tasks, points, leaderboards, and friendships.
- Include visualizations (charts/graphs) for user activity, help requests, and performance.
- Payment Gateway API: Allow users to purchase additional points if needed.
- Geolocation API: Help users find skill matches or tasks within their locality.
- Notification Services (e.g., Firebase or Socket.io): Enable real-time notifications (e.g., task updates, friend requests, help request responses).
- Google Calendar and Meet API: Generate and manage Google Meet links for task collaboration and integrate scheduling.
- User registration and login (with role-based access).
- Profile creation with skill tags, bio, location, and a friendship system.
- Ability to befriend other users and send/receive help requests.
- Users can post tasks and offer points as rewards.
- Others can accept tasks based on their skill sets.
- Direct help requests between friends (no need to post publicly).
- Escrow system to hold points until task completion (for non-friends).
- Initial signup provides bonus points for users.
- Earn points for completing tasks and redeem them for rewards.
- Redeem points for coupons, vouchers, or premium features.
- Leaderboard system based on points.
- Public feed to post and browse tasks or skill requests.
- Direct messaging for friends and task collaborations.
- Comment sections for task discussions.
- Bookmarking favorite tasks or collaborators.
- Points leaderboard to foster healthy competition.
- Badges for milestones (e.g., "Top Contributor," "Fast Learner").
- Exclusive rewards for top users.
- Search tasks based on skills, point range, or location.
- Filter tasks by urgency, difficulty, or rating.
- Personalized recommendations for tasks based on interests or skill sets.
- Verified skill certifications to add credibility to users.
- Virtual workshops or group skill-sharing events.
- Google Calendar integration to schedule tasks and sync with task deadlines.
- Seamless Google Meet link generation for virtual task collaborations.
- Real-time notifications to alert users when someone needs their skills or assistance.
- Users can befriend each other to engage in mutual help without the need for point exchange.
- Friendship requests and notifications to approve or reject friendship requests.
- No points are required for tasks completed between friends, encouraging collaboration and building stronger community bonds.
- The friendship system will allow users to have a trusted circle for help, reducing task costs in terms of points.
- Define the overall workflow and user journey.
- Create wireframes for pages like Home, Dashboard, Task Details, Profile, and Friendship system.
- Develop static pages with navigation (Home, Profile, Task Feed).
- Style pages using CSS/Tailwind/Bootstrap.
- Build schemas for users, tasks, points, reviews, and help requests.
- Set up authentication (JWT-based login).
- Create RESTful APIs for CRUD operations on tasks, users, points, and help requests.
- Set up middleware for security (e.g., JWT verification) and error handling.
- Design the points allocation and escrow logic.
- Build the leaderboard system to rank users based on points.
- Implement APIs for dynamically retrieving and calculating points.
- Implement task posting in a public feed.
- Add a commenting system for task discussions.
- Integrate badges and rewards for gamification.
- Test APIs, database operations, and UI responsiveness.
- Add basic activity analytics (e.g., tasks completed, points earned).
- Polish the UI for a seamless user experience.
- Optimize database queries and backend performance.
- Write unit tests and containerize the application with Docker.
- Implement Google Meet and Calendar integration for task scheduling and virtual meetings.
Backend Deployment Link : https://s62-johnrobert-capstone-skillsamaritan-2.onrender.com
Frontend deployment Link : https://s62-john-robert-capstone-skill-sama.vercel.app