Concierge

Concierge is a customizable messaging template application that allows users to generate personalized messages for hotel guests. The application provides a set of predefined message templates, and users can select a template, guest, and hotel company to generate a message. Additionally, users have the option to create custom message templates.

Table of Contents

• Features and Functionality
• Getting Started
  • Prerequisites
  • Installation
• Why JavaScript
  • Dependencies
• Future Improvements
• Considersations

Features and Functionality

• Load predefined message templates, guest information, and hotel company information from JSON files.
• Generate personalized messages based on selected template, guest, and hotel company.
• Support for custom message templates.
• Dynamic greeting based on the time of day (e.g., "Good morning," "Good afternoon," "Good evening").

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Node.js

Installation

• Clone the repository.

git clone  https://github.com/TimothyLuedtke/Concierge.git

• Navigate to the project directory.

cd Concierge

• Install NPM packages.

npm install

Usage

• Start the application.

npm run start

• Open a browser and navigate to http://localhost:3000.

Why JavaScript

• core technology of the web and is supported by all modern browsers
• allows you to build fast and scalable front-end and back-end applications
• easily supports JSON data
• large and active open-source community

Dependencies

• Node.js - JavaScript runtime environment
• Express - Web application framework
• EJS - Embedded JavaScript templating
• Body-Parser - Node.js body parsing middleware

Future Improvements

• Refactor code to improve readability and maintainability.
• Add testing.
• Add type checking with TypeScript.
• Utilize a database to store data.
• Improve error handling and validation.
• Improve UI/UX design and accessibility.
• Improve performance through code optimization.
• Add features including unix timestamp conversion.

Considersations

• The goal was to create a working application in a short amount of time.
• Testing, refactoring, and additional features were not implemented due to time constraints.
• Console logs and running the program/reading errors were the main method for verifying the correctness of this program.
• The project was a fun challenge, and I look forward to improving the application in the future.
• Thank you for your consideration.