AfroGuide!

Project Description:

When it comes to the black population in Canada, many find it hard to get connected with a barber or stylist that specializes in the intricacies that comes with black hair, this is where the website AfroGuide will help the population out. AfroGuide is a website aimed to connect black barbers and stylists with potential clients across Canada.
Based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, AfroGuide has been operating online since the year 2020 run by owner Ronald Ekambi. The primary focus of the website is to create a connection between clients and barbers or stylists by allowing them to post on the website in the city they are in with a portfolio of their work so that the clients can choose a stylist or barber that fits their personal needs. The website is a user driven system that has room for innovation and improvements to help simplify the connection between client and industry worker which will expand the AfroGuide brand into a companion smartphone app. The companion smartphone app will function in a nearly identical fashion to the website, however with minor changes to accommodate the different form factor.
To implement the website in a form client wished to see it was decided to use JavaScript, ReactJS to be precise. ReactJS is a JavaScript library that specializes in user interfaces which improves the experience and difficulty of creating a dynamic UI and the elements inside a UI. To support ReactJS our team used JSX, short for JavaScript XML, that is a ReactJS extension that makes it easier for web developers to modify their project’s DOM using traditional HTML-style code.
During the development process our main goal was to create more intuitive searching system and a tool that will simplify the booking process. We modified the searching system by adding advanced geolocation search that would allow users to look specifically for barbers that are located nearby. As a booking simplifier it was decided to create a scheduler for every barber. It will allow clients to see whether stylist is unavailable or free.
For conclusion it should be said that there are many features that can and should be added to the website to make use of it even more pleasant and intuitive. For example, adding a GoogleMap API to the website will make finding a fitting hairstylist even easier.

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