The Team

Victor Boleac

I am a passionate and accomplished Junior Software Engineer…

with six years of experience in customer service and data, who has transitioned to the technology industry. Currently pursuing a Master of Science in Computer Science and attending the Northcoders Software Development Bootcamp focused on Java. I am actively up-skilling in a professional environment to become a proficient Software Engineer. My background in customer service has equipped me with strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate within international teams. I am a productive team player as well as a competent leader, eagerly pursuing a career in software engineering.

Hollie Mount

Following a career in healthcare, I am excited to…

transition into the tech industry where I can apply both creativity and logic to solving problems. Having completed the Northcoders bootcamp, I have expanded my technical skill set and I am keen to contribute to more exciting projects in the future.

Maria

Completing the Northcoders bootcamp was my first step into…

my journey in full-stack development, it has given me a solid understanding of both backend and frontend technologies. Committed to continuous learning, I’m passionate about using my communication, teamwork, and organizational skills to make a meaningful impact in the tech industry.

Nesrin Kurt

I have acquired analytic thinking skills with a math…

degree, and software development knowledge at Northcoders Java bootcamp. I would like to shape my career by combining these skills and knowledge. The skills I developed in Java, object-oriented programming and data structures, have reinforced my strong foundation in mathematical modelling, algorithms, and problem-solving.

Tech Stack

We used: Java 17 (or higher), Spring Boot (Web, Security, Data JPA), H2 Database (for development), Maven (build tool), JWT (JSON Web Token) for authentication, WebClient for external API calls (Google Places), Spring Mail for password reset emails, PostgreSQL. Android Architecture Components: ViewModel, LiveData Data Binding: For binding layouts directly to model classes. Retrofit & OkHttp: For RESTful API calls, logging, interceptors. Gson: JSON parsing. EncryptedSharedPreferences (in TokenStorage): Securely saves user tokens. Google Places API: Searching for or autocompleting places within the app.Android frontend app followed the MVVM architecture to ensure separation of concerns. In our research, those were the best to do what we wanted within out time and budget constraints. Spring security is a complete solution for authentication and authorisation purposes. We used smtp email to verify password reset functionality. It was an easy, pluggable solution without external dependencies.

Challenges Faced

We faced challenges throughout the coding process, such as implementing new technologies we were not familiar with. However, through research, collaboration and perseverance we were able to solve these problems and we all learnt something new in the process! Unfortunately, some team members were absent throughout parts of the project due to unexpected circumstances. This meant there was a push to meet MVP. We had to quickly change our approach to complete the remaining tasks – we demonstrated resilience and we worked effectively as a team to complete the project.