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Student Fund Me App

Description

Rails app that helps students pay for textbooks, living expenses, and other college-related budget items.

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Background

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Features

  • Incorporated login via LinkedIn with the OmniAuth gem
  • Harnessed the Stripe API to allow sponsors to contribute funds to students
  • Built a flexible search feature to allow sponsors to search based on name, college, gender, and/or email
  • Added the CarrierWave Direct gem to upload images that prove a student's need (bills, syllabi, etc.) to Amazon S3
  • Implemented an ActionMailer notification email to trigger when a sponsor follows a student

Usage

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Development/Contribution

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Future

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Author

Twitter: https://twitter.com/littleredplum Blog: https://www.littleredpeach.com

License

Student Fund Me App is MIT Licensed. See LICENSE for details.

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