NU Carpool

NOTE: This project has been acquired by Sandbox at Northeastern

This is a web app for Northeastern University's students to assists them in finding groups for carpooling while on co-op.

Get Started

• Clone the project, add environment variables (listed below) in .env.

# Prisma

DATABASE_URL=

# Next Auth

NEXTAUTH_SECRET=
NEXTAUTH_URL=

# Next Auth Google Provider

GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID=
GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET=

# Mapbox

NEXT_PUBLIC_MAPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN=

Then do yarn and yarn dev to get the project running.

Tech Stack

• Framework: NextJS + Typescript
• Component Library: TailwindCSS + Headless UI
• Authentication: NextAuth
• Map API: Mapbox
• Backend: Serverless with trpc + Prisma + mysql (hosted on PlanetScale)

This is also known as the T3 Stack. More details can be found here.

Features

• Google OAuth authentication
• Autocomplete address fields using Mapbox Geocoding API and Headless UI
• Display students' co-op location and info on a map with colored markers
• Settings page for student to change their info
• Responsive for different screen size

Todos

• Fix bug where students at the same company will not be displayed, except for the last one
• Create a legend for different types of users on the map
• Migrate to Northeastern SSO
• Add a delete self button for users
• Add search functionality where the user can search for specific company, filter out driver/rider and starting location