Colgate Events Calendar Enhancement

Overview:

This project is a redesign and enhancement of the existing Colgate University Events Calendar. Our goal is to present events in a visually appealing, user-friendly, and responsive interface that allows for intuitive filtering, searching, and navigation of campus happenings.

Key Features:

• Clean and modern user interface with event category filtering
• Keyword search for fast event discovery
• Responsive event cards with built-in social media sharing options
• Individual event detail pages with descriptions, “Add to Calendar” button, and comment section

Right now Working On:

• Persistent comment system (e.g., using a backend or Firebase)
• Persistent upvote and downvote for events (Colgate Secure Sign-in or Google Auth0)
• Trending Events (Page/Filter)

Tech Stack:

Frontend:

• Next.js (App Router) — React framework for building the frontend and routing
• Tailwind CSS — Utility-first CSS framework for styling
• React Icons — For social sharing icons
• Local JSON / API structure — Used for simulating dynamic event data
• Deployed with Vercel (recommended) or local development using npm run dev

Backend & Database:

• NestJS - Typescript Backend Framework
• Prisma - ORM to communicate with the DB
• PostgreSQL - Database used to store different things of the application (comments, upvotes/downvotes, etc.)

Developer Tools:

• PGAdmin - To run PostgreSQL locally (And deploy with Supabase)
• Heroku - To deploy the backend
• Postman - To test out the API links in Nest Controller Classes

Future Improvements:

• Integration with Colgate’s Localist-powered event RSS feed or API
• Persistent comment system (e.g., using a backend or Firebase)
• Admin dashboard to add and manage events

To Run Locally:

1. Clone the repository
2. Run npm install
3. Run npm run dev
4. Open http://localhost:3000 in your browser
5. Add more steps here as the backend and database is created