Team

Member Responsibilities and Assessments

Jake Foglia

Responsibilities

• Backend NodeJS

  • track logic

  • Spotify API integration

  • Apple Music API integration

• AWS site hosting

Progress

• Backend logic is basically done.

• Most required API calls are implemented although perhaps not optimally.

• Currently researching AWS.

James Parisi

Responsibilities

• Configure MongoDB atlas to store:

  • SPM User info - id, password, email, etc.

  • refresh token for each user

  • list of jsons (smart playlists configuration strings)

• Design integration and test procedures

Progress

• Researching configuration of MongoDB atlas

• Familiarizing with Jake's backend to facilitate easy communication with database

• Wrote example test procedures to be used in future for validation

Garrett Chestnut

Responsibilities

• Design a Redis caching scheme

• Optimizing API request strategy and expensive NodeJS operations.

• Reduce number of API calls to save time waiting for responses and increase ability to service a large number of users.

Progress

• Familiarizing with Jake's backend code and contributing optimizations.

• Planning the Redis caching scheme, taking into consideration the constraints of the Pi and AWS.

Julia Nelson

Responsibilities

• Front end site

  • Account creation / sign in

  • Spotify & Apple Music Account linking

  • Creating, editing, and viewing smart playlists & cross platform playlists.

    • Drag and drop editor tool

  • Communication with server-side NodeJS via client-side JavaScript.

Progress

• Spotify account login is working and provides us with API access tokens.

• Early prototype of drag and drop editor has been deployed.

  • Currently refining the site and ensuring parity with backend logic through coordination with Jake.