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2023 Visions and Goals

2023 Visions and Goals

Owned by Franco Reyes (Unlicensed)
Last updated: Jan 31, 2023
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Visions

Product

  • Become the source of truth for when a room is free

    • Student A: “When’s this room gonna be free?” Student B: “Check Freerooms”

  • Cater to not only CSE students but also the wider UNSW community including students and staff

  • Optimise the user experience with a strong focus on mobile users

Team

  • Develop new and existing skills, explore new technologies and learn and grow as a team

  • Foster a welcoming and supporting environment where each member feels comfortable asking questions

  • Encourage pair programming so team members can better support each other and stay connected

Goals

Complete and Deploy v2 Frontend FRONTEND

What? There are just a few touch ups and features that need to be ported from the old frontend before we’re ready to deploy.

When? Term 1

Tasks:

  • Redesign the search/sort/filter bar

  • Improve the map functionality - dynamically load building markers, colour by availability (possibly rewrite using Google Maps API)

  • Port room timetable feature

  • Port “Room available in X minutes” feature

  • Replace V1 frontend with V2 on the main domain

Restructure Frontend FRONTEND

What? The v2 frontend was not designed to be very extensible, so some work needs to be done before we can start working on new features

When? Term 1

Tasks:

  • Use the new Next13 /app directory

  • Separate landing page, building list and map into distinct pages

  • Create a way to navigate between these pages (e.g. a navbar)

  • Lift the search bar into the navbar as a more global feature

  • Improve the landing page aesthetically and functionally (put some info)

Expand Data Scope BACKend

What? Currently we only support CATS rooms, and the only room bookings we display are classes. However, there’s much more out there.

When? Term 1

Tasks:

Room Browsing FRONTEND BACKEND

What? Ideally we can become a sort of room database, where people can look up rooms and see useful info such as location, room capacity, how to book etc.

When? Term 1/2

Tasks:

  • Pages for each building and room

  • Find out how to book each room

  • New backend endpoint to obtain this information

  • Photograph every room

Personalisation FRONTEND

What? Some small quality of life stuff to allow users to personalise their experience

When? Term 2

Tasks:

  • Dark mode

  • Compact/list view (as opposed to card view)

  • Favourite/pin certain buildings and rooms so you can easily access them

  • A settings page to accommodate all these options

User Involvement FRONTEND backend

What? Once Freerooms it released and advertised and we have a decently sized user base, we can start working on features that benefit from a lot of user involvement

When? Term 2

Tasks:

  • Integrate with the CSESoc authentication system

  • Allow users to report rooms as occupied

  • Encourage users to review/rate rooms on various factors

  • Encourage users to submit their own images of rooms and buildings

Mobile App APP

What? A mobile app version of Freerooms

When? 2023?

Tasks:

  • Discuss the requirements of the mobile app

  • Plan and design the look of the app

 

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