Abstract:
The objective of this project is to develop a web application to help animal shelters and
local NGO(s) with their administrative and logistical day to day tasks. This report explores
the modules and functionalities offered by the application to help save care for animals and
assist stakeholders and shelter in similar fashion. Different stages for the development of
this application shall be discussed in the report. Finally the end product of the application
will be written in the software called VS Code and deployed on internet upon successful
approval from all the stakeholders involved.
This project uses MERN stack (React JS, Express JS, Mongo DB, and NodeJS), a
powerful combination of JavaScript technologies for the development and design of the
application. The main advantage of using these technologies is that they provide robust and
effective development environment and libraries for effective application development.
Different modules of this application are discussed with an in depth analysis of user flow
and architecture of the application.
After a comprehensive research process to find suitable functionalities and modules
for the application from numerous reference applications, the modules were finalized and
progression of development followed suit. The application involves various libraries
necessary for assisting in development to provide organizations with a reliable, secure,
effective application that helps their welfare endeavours greatly. Some notable libraries
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• • lr
integrated with this project are.bCrypt, cookie-parser, Grid JS, Material UI and JWT. The application provides interfaces for staff to upload details of animals,
educational resources, expenses, and medical records. Application visitors can view these
resources and browse collection of animals housed inside the shelter to adopt/foster
animals and take part in the welfare endeavours of the organization. Recommendations for
future development and conclusions are also included in the report.
