Have you ever thought it would be nice to book your guide before you visit somewhere you have never been before and tell him/her what places you wish to visit?

You are in the right spot!

GuideMe is a Ruby on Rails application built in eight days for travelers who would like to find a guide in a specific city. It's meant for an easy way for travelers to book a guide and communicate with them instantly. My role in this project was a full stack developer. We've implemented various API's including Google Maps, Stripe, Yelp, and PixaBay.

You can check out the live version here.

These instructions will get you a copy of the project up and running on your local machine for development and testing purposes. See deployment for notes on how to deploy the project on a live system.

ruby 2.3.1
bundler 1.12.5
rails 5.0.0

From the command terminal, clone the repository to your local directory...

$ git clone https://github.com/erinc35/GuideMe.git
$ cd GuideMe

Then run bundle command to install all dependencies and run the server.

$ bundle install
$ rails server

You must have Heroku CLI installed and be logged in to Heroku in order to deploy live via Heroku servers (Please see the documentation to get set up with Heroku)

Then, after installation and login, via the command line...

$ heroku create
$ git push heroku master
$ heroku open

• Ruby on Rails - Backend API framework used

• jQuery - Write less, do more with jQuery

• Ajax -The use of the XMLHttpRequest object to communicate with server-side scripts.

• Stripe - Authenticates credit card payments

• Google Api - Google API Console lets you discover and use Google APIs, such as Google Maps and YouTube.

• Unsplash - Library for high-res photos

• Chatty -Gmail Like Chat Application

• Yelp Api -Search for businesses by location, keyword and category gmail-like-chat-application-in-ruby-on-rails

• HTTParty - Library used for making HTTP requests

• Erinç Emer - Github
• Johnny Choo - Github
• Angelica Pilarca - Github
• Hakim Joseph - Github