##Website on Digital Ocean Project 4

#P4 Planning Doc (v3) ###Project 4 Planning Doc v1 ###Project 4 Planning Doc v2 ##App Title: Laravel Video Books ##Purpose: To Make A Functional Video Repository This Web Application is being constructed as a generic functional prototype to serve as a visual folio of sorts. For me, it is always a challenge to stay on track with schedules, appointments, and deadlines; however, the more challenging parts are the simple things like remembering how I did that sometime ago. I get a lot of benefit by being able to watch and replay short video segments I leave myself like a "video diary." Many of the common tasks I learn, I write down, scribble over and over on post-it-notes, put in notebooks or files, but of course, I put these away in the most secure places so I don't lose them - so secure, I can't find them myself. As Reading is not my fastest or preferred way, a visual reminder is priceless to me.
##Description My Web Application is to be a small video repository for people that need visual animated walk-throughs, demonstrations, and refreshers to help as a guide through functional processes or tasks. This unique implementation will hold various media files demonstrating recurring processes or tasks. ##Essential Features *users must be able to create an account and login *users must be able to play mp4 videos *users should be able to submit comments and suggestions ##Non-essential Features *users should be able to search for videos *users can send sms text notices to site administrators *users can send sms text requests for help ##To do

1. Complete this document
2. Create new Laravel project locally
3. Version Control
4. Initiate project as a new git repo
5. Create a new repo on Github.com
6. Connect your project to this new repo on Github
7. Set up local server to point to this project, whether it be just pointing your localhost doc root to the project, or setting up a local domain to run it.
8. Add necessary controllers
9. Build routes, connecting to Controllers. For now, just echo out some simple strings from your controller methods so you can just test that all your routes are working.
10. Database
11. Create your local database
12. Fill in your local db credentials in .env
13. Set up and run your Migrations to build your database tables
14. Set up and run your Seeders to fill your database tables with sample data
15. Deploy your project to DigitalOcean (do this early, so any issues can be addressed sooner rather than later)
16. Set up a new DNS for the project in Namecheap
17. Git clone the project into /var/www/html/
18. Run composer install to pull in vendors
19. Set up your production .env file
20. Make necessary permission changes to storage/ and bootstrap/cache/
21. Update your 000-default.conf file to add a new VirtualHost block for this project. Restart apache.
22. Test your project is working on DigitalOcean.
23. Database
24. Create a database
25. Update your live .env file with the appropriate database credentials
26. Run your migrations and seeders
27. Build a starting master layout view including the essentials, for ex, doctype, head, body, place for navigation, etc. Don't focus too much on design yet.
28. Maintain a continuous feedback communication loop with advisors/stakeholders
29. Interview students, Teaching Assistants, and Instructor to see what common problems can be addressed to plan out what users will see value in from positive user experience
30. Conduct and record research leveraging Course Discussion Boards, Piazza, and Slack Chat to converge on to perform a needs gap analysis
31. Consolidate and streamline essential objectives - "understanding that the user is not me"
32. Build a backward planning document with sub-objectives and tentative dates
33. Leverage a design-build-test-revamp process to expedite smaller objective/productive builds
34. Plan and out CRUD functionality for Messaging <=========== P4 Table 1
35. Sketch-out and define function interactions with tables fields and methods
36. Generate Mockups, Get User Feedback, and Adjust Accordingly
37. Create user table to hold usernames, password, hashes, and session tokens
38. Create Landing Page
39. Create Sign-up/in Form - the features are already built it
40. Draft out process steps to create an account and login
41. Integrate functionality with Laravel
42. Design/Build the Database Structures needed to hold media file links<=========== P4 Table 2
43. Generate Mockups, Get User Feedback, and Adjust Accordingly
44. Sketch-out and define function interactions with tables fields and methods
45. Build sample flash mock up material
46. Create the search functionality for topics
47. Plan and out CRUD functionality
48. Build functionality
49. Test, Correct, Integrate, Test, Verify, Record Configuration, Conduct Future Planning
50. Generate Mockups, Get User Feedback, and Adjust Accordingly
51. Sketch-out and define function interactions with tables fields and methods
52. Create the play functionality for topics
53. Plan and out functionality implementation to play
54. Build functionality
55. Test, Correct, Integrate, Test, Verify, Record Configuration, Conduct Future Planning
56. Based on time left decide on further implementation on non-essential features.
57. Generate Mockups, Get User Feedback, and Adjust Accordingly
58. Work on polishing the design/CSS/interface.
59. Generate Mockups, Get User Feedback, and Adjust Accordingly
60. Update DigitalOcean version of project with final changes. Run any new migrations/seeders as needed.
61. Have a friend or family member use your site to test for any bugs or usage issues.
62. Make any needed adjustments and re-deploy any changes.
63. Submit Github URL in Canvas to complete your project.

##Route Plan *Purpose Method URI *Homepage as a User GET /video/index *Homepage as a User to Comment POST /video/comment *View Videos as an Admin GET /video/login *Add Videos as an Admin GET /video/add *Add Videos as an Admin POST /video/add *Edit Videos as an Admin GET /video/edit *Edit Videos as an Admin POST /video/add *Delete Videos as an Admin GET /video/delete *Delete Videos as an Admin POST /video/delete ##Database sketch

###Table name: books Description: This table holds all media files

###Table name: users Description: This table holds user accounts and hashed passwords

###Table name: comments Description: This table is used so users can comment on media files

###Table name: formats Description: This table holds info on media type of files

###Table name: requests Description: This table allows registered users to request media products

###Table name: tags Description: This table holds info on media characteristics such as php, js, mysql, js html, etc.

##Misc Thank You for Your time and Consideration. Have A Great Day!