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💻 What it does

sheNetworks is a web app made to help women and nonbinary folks find mentors. Our goal is to increase the representation of folx in technical fields that lack them. Find out more here

  • Create an account
  • Go to the Sketch tab
  • Select a photo or color for your background
  • Select a pen or shape tool
  • Select a color
  • Get started!

🔨 Installation

Clone the repository and run the following in your terminal:

> npm i

This installs all neccessary packages. Mext, run the following:

> node app.js

In a separate terminal run the following:

> mongod

This activates MongoDB on your local device; however, note that cloning this repo to your local device means that the database will be empty. To see the full effect of the web app, create an account to put your first bit of data into your local database.

🔨 How we built it

Tools Used

Languages Used
  • JavaScript
  • EJS
  • CSS
Frameworks
  • Express
Cloud Storage & Databases
  • MongoDB
  • Cloudinary
Libraries Used
  • ejs
  • express
  • express session
  • mongo
  • mongoose
  • passport

🧠 Challenges we ran into

One of our engineers was a beginner so we had to simplify the technologies used and teach them how to work with templating. We took our time to teach them the basics and got them going!

🏅 Accomplishments that we're proud of

  • This is Mairi's first time coding with JS & EJS
  • The design of the web app is phenomenal!

About

sheNetworks is a matching platform that allows young women to find their future mentee just in seconds. We believe that a true mentor and a friend can be found though matching common interests.

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