LocalBizz

Overview

The main purpose of LocalBizz is to provide a platform to Freelancers to offer services to people. Freelancers can create their profiles on LocalBizz and we also give the option to edit the information later. The customers can search up freelancers by the name of the service, name of the category, or by description. The customers can contact freelancers through the contact information provided by them.

Functionality

This project allows user sign ups and signins. The server uses cookies to authenticate and validate sessions. Passwords are hashed using sha512 algorithm and then a salt is added for increased security. Most functionality are on the server side as client.js primarily sends http requests to the server.

Used tools

HTML, CSS, JavaScript (jQuery), Node.js, MongoDB

How to use

Install these before running it locally

• Make sure that run npm update to upgrade to the latest version
• Run npm install node express mongoose body-parser cookie-parser crypto to install all necessary modules
• Go to Install MongoDB Community Edition and follow the instructions to start MongoDB

Then, clone the repo with: git clone https://github.com/AlFarabiDHK/CSC-337-Final-Project.git

You can use the lastest versions of each module to run this project

Now, run node server.js and go to localhost:80 to use the app

Link

You can also visit this link to see how the site works: http://167.172.147.63/