multiLib - node web app

Last semester felt like sprinting at 400 mph. When break rolled around, it was a sudden halt and I proceeded to catch several(?) mildly awful sicknesses.

Enough of that though, check out multiLib! A web application final project that uses node.js, express, socket.io, mongoDB, and then some. It was created in roughly 1 month for the class 67-328 "Mobile to Cloud."

You can read more about the app and check out the code at its github repo page. It's an online multiplayer mad lib game, hosted on OpenShift at the moment. Although it looks to have multiple pages, multiLib actually is a one page web application that uses socket.io to update what is displayed based on interactions.

Because of the tight timeframe, I choose to focus on 1) making the app responsive and 2) achieving the "minimum viable product." I wanted to ensure the experience was relatively solid and self explanatory. Again, I'd recommend checking out the deployed app to see for yourself (you need 2 people or screens to get the full experience) and judge me on how I did. : )

In case it is taken down though, here are some screenshots:

Robot pictures by yours truly.

Keeping stuff looking good, despite what size it may be!

I would say the biggest challenge was keeping track of all possible events passed with socket.io. Once I got the hang of it, it was pretty simple, but I did end up having 15+ events and 3 different rooms. Another interesting thing for me was using a nosql database (MongoDB). But all and all, making multiLib was a great learning experience and I'm satisfied with what came out.