View our presentation on YouTube at https://youtu.be/nZJZJSu0YCg.
The app is hosted at pollify.xyz. To download a copy of the source code and run the app locally, follow the instructions in the "Running app locally" section.
First, make sure to clone the repository to your system. Make sure you have git installed, then navigate to the directory you want to clone the repository. Then run the command:
git clone https://github.com/ethankeshishian/poll-web-app.git
This will create a new directory named "poll-web-app" that will contain the project's source code.
To install dependencies, make sure you have npm installed, then navigate to the directory with a terminal using the cd <your directory> command. Then, run the command npm install to install all dependencies.
To see the app in your web browser, run npm start or yarn start and navigate to http://localhost:3000 in your browser. The page will reload if you make edits.
You should now be able to see the app. The app is already connected to our backend. To publish the commands in the /amplify folder to the cloud and build a new backend, continue reading.
Run the amplify env add command and answer the prompt as follows:
? Do you want to use an existing environment?
No
? Enter a name for the environment [dev|test|prod]
? Do you want to use an AWS profile? Yes
? Please choose the profile you want to use (default)
Enter your Google Web Client ID for your OAuth flow: XXX
Enter your Google Web Client Secret for your OAuth flow: XXX
Run the amplify push command and answer the prompt as follows:
? Are you sure you want to continue? Yes