#TEDx Brisbane

We're building an application for TEDx Brisbane. You can see the site it will replace.

Generally, the system will allow people to learn about the event, and register their interest in attending. An admin will be able to invite people in batches, at which time they can purchase a ticket. This invitation should expire, so that another batch of people may be invited. This may go through multiple rounds of invitations.

User Stories

• As a user, I want to browse static content related to the event without signing in
• As a user, I want to use a "contact us" form
• As a user, I want to register my interest in purchasing a ticket
• As a user, I want to purchase a ticket with my credit card
• As an admin, I want to see a list of all users, filterable by their status
• As an admin, I want to see the details of a particular users
• As an admin, I want to invite batches of users to purchase tickets.
• As a user, I want to receive an email "Thanks for registering"
• As a user, I want to receive an email "You've been invited to purchase a ticket"
• As a user, I want to receive an email "Sorry, your invitation has been passed on to someone else"
• As a user, I want to receive an email "Here's another chance to purchase a ticket"
• As a user, I want to receive an email "Thanks for purchasing a ticket"
• As a user, I want to receive an email "A reminder before the event"

RSpec

• We'll write tests for everything, and CircleCI will make our staging deploys
• The RSpec book is invaluable. Buy it. Read it.
• The Relish docs are also a great place to learn.

Mandrill

• We'll use existing Mailchimp templates where possible
• https://mandrillapp.com/api/docs/

State Machine (for User statuses)

• awaiting_first_invitation
• received_first_invitation
• awaiting_second_invitation
• received_second_invitation
• awaiting_third_invitation
• received_third_invitation
• paid
• received_reminder
• confirmed
• declined
• https://github.com/pluginaweek/state_machine

Sidekiq

• delivers emails via worker jobs
• a scheduled job rekoves stale invitations
• a scheduled job sends a reminder for the event
• https://github.com/mperham/sidekiq/wiki/Testing

Active Admin

• for the admin area, listing users, filtering by status etc.
• for batch actions, such as sending invitations.
• http://activeadmin.info/docs

Braintree

• For taking secure payments
• https://www.braintreepayments.com/docs/ruby/guide/overview

API / Push notifications / Live queuing information

• We'll use Handlebars templates for a live dashboard of the number of people of each status.
• We'll use Pusher to keep these up-to-date in all connected clients.
• We'll write an API using active-model-serializers to feed this dashboard.
• https://github.com/leshill/handlebars_assets