CSCI 39548 Final Project / Pokemon Type Calculator

About this project

Understanding Pokemon type relationships is critical in Pokemon battle. However, by the year of 2024, there are already 1025 Pokemons in total and memorizing each type relationships has became a difficult task for many Pokemon lovers. The purpose of this project is to create a platform to take a step ahead for resolving this issue. Our website provides a service for the user to calculate resistances, weaknesses, and immunities of the input Pokemon.

Tech Stack

• Frontend: ReactJS
• Backend: ExpressJS (NodeJS)
• Data persistency: MongoDB
• API: PokeAPI: https://pokeapi.co/docs/v2

Additional libraries:

• TailwindCSS/React-router-dom
• node-fetch/mongoDB

Group Members

• Ramisha Chowdhury
• Aaleia Fernado
• Maya Jamaddar
• Michelle Wen
• Gavin Xiao

Getting Started

Project is split up into two folders, client and server client is reactjs frontend, server is expressjs backend Both frontend and backend need to start for page to work

Frontend

Install reactjs frontend:

cd ~/finalproject-csci39548/client
npm i

Start frontend:

npm start

Backend

Install expressjs backend:

cd ~/finalproject-csci39548/server
npm i

Create a mongoDB account, (from class Lab5) with a db named pokemon and collection inside named pokemon_types

make a .env file and paste in your db key with the template provided

MONGO_DB_URI=

Start dev backend:

npm start dev