MilkShake

MilkShake is the senior project for my bachelor's degree in Computer Science at Utah Tech University (aka Dixie State University).

Also, it's my first personal and self-designed project that integrates with multiple technologies, tools, and platforms and has completed a dataflow circle. This project could be a completed real product because it contains a database, server, cache management, webpages, and mobile application in the IOS platform.

MilkShake was born with the mission of solving the problem of students and faculties who couldn't find a good product for their campus life.

Deployment

1. Setup
   • MilkJug
     1. Database Using SQL files at setup/database to create a Database and run it in the background All data are generated randomly
     2. Cache: Redis Run Redis in the background Don't forget to update the config setting at milkjug/conf/app.conf
   • Shaker
     1. Update server address at shaker/conf.swift
     2. Build and install on your device
2. Run
   • Using bee bee run to start server

Demo Screenshot at display

Problem Description

Students and facilities in Utah Tech University (aka Dixie State University) couldn't find a good mobile application for their campus life. The applications developed or published by the university are old, which means most of them had the last update more than a year ago. Meanwhile, those applications don't have the functionality and information that are interesting to users.

Solution Description

In short, the solution is to make the applications or products we like.

Feature of Application

• Event Rundown (like, dislike event)
• Student Information
• Account Information
• Qr Code for Authentication (Displaying or Scanning)
  • Login to Website
  • Sign up for an event

Technical Overview

• Server (Golang, Beego)
• Cache (Redis)
• Database (MySQL)
• Mobile Application (Swift, SwiftUI)
• Website (HTML, CSS, JS)

Architecture Chart

Overall

Using Device to login on Browser

Research Summary

• go (the framework for server)

  1. https://beego.vip
  2. https://github.com/astaxie/beego

• Bee (tool for managing the Beego framework and project)

• Go-qrcode

• SwiftUI (the language for the application)

  1. https://www.hackingwithswift.com (cover most of the things in the application: Qr Code, updating views, etc)
  2. https://github.com/twostraws (the author of the website above, Paul Hudson)
  3. https://github.com/twostraws/CodeScanner (for the pop up (slide over) QR Code scanner)

• Idea for the events display

  1. https://github.com/Ramotion/expanding-collection

Further Work

• Performance

  • Database
    • Reconstructe Tables
      • keys, indexes, foreign keys, grants
  • Cache
    • Pre-load data
      • events and others command static data
  • Server
    • Refactor controllers(handlers)
    • Organize router(path)
  • Application
    • refactor the flow of views
    • let the server process and finalize data instead do it on fly
  • Website
    • using WebSocket for the communication in the QR code login step

• Faculty Version on the application add other user types' versions with functions like having the event QR code on mobile devices.

• Security

  • Using other more secure authorization like OAuth?
  • Shorten the expiry time for tokens
  • Using different tokens for the QR token image and actual token
  • Encrypting Information in communication

• UI/UX

  • making it better and nicer