The key feature of Let's Go is the integration of Google Maps. The user will log into the app and a local map will appear with Markers...

I want to add a search bar to the app so that the user can search by name and location. To start I add a new input to the Groups...

Today I want to add some functionality with joining and leaving groups. Right now, when a user wants to join a group, they can click the...

As I'm getting ready to deploy Lets Go for the first time I'm adding some additional UI updates. I want to add character limits to my...

Front End Shenanigans

Today I want to add a 'Profile' view to the app. This view will contain a list of the created groups for the current user. To start, I'm...

Today I'm working on cleaning up the code and trying to make it more efficient where possible. In previous posts I had noted places where...

Now that I've added memberships to the rails back end, it's time to add the feature to the front end. I'll start in the individual Group...

A key feature of the app is that users can join and leave groups that they want to be a part of. To implement this feature I set up a...

It's time to update the React client to reflect the changes made to the back end. In the last post, I created the first relationship...

Today I want to setup the relationship between the user and the groups. This will only be the first step of the user/group relationship....

I spent the last few days redesigning the app using Meetup.com's mobile layout for inspiration. One thing i noticed from the Meetup...

Today I want to update the Header using the Navbar component of the React-Bootstrap library. I decide to use a toggle icon that will...

Today I'm adding a feature that will redirect the user to a different component after a form is successfully submitted. A redirect is...

In the last post I added a new data field, the 'about' section to our 'groups' database. Now, I want to update the client so that the...

Today I want to add a field for the description of a Group. As far at the UI is concerned, this will be a text-box for the user to enter...

I've got the basic functionality of dealing with Groups covered. The user can create a new group, view a single group or all the groups,...

My goal for today is to create the EditGroup component, and then get it working. I start off in the Group component by adding a simple...

I've moved the delete button from the Groups component into the Group component and realized that all the data that I need to populate...

My first goal for today is to add a nav link to each group listed in the Groups component. I'm using the header element for each group...