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#The contributors to this project are Daniel, Jenny, Andy, and Mike.

##Link to our deployed website: https://djam-roadtrippr.herokuapp.com/

###Elevator pitch: This app is for anyone who is planning a road trip. Roadtrippr is a web app that allows users to plan out the greatest road trip of their lives! Unlike other roadtrip applications, our project will make your road trip WAY more enjoyable.

##Installation instructions: Clone the project from our Github repository into a folder on your computer.

run the command $ npm install in said folder in your terminal (with internet connection)

run nodemon in said folder in your terminal

create a .env file and assign the following:

set LOCAL_DB

set GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID

set GOOGLE_SECRET

set GOOGLE_CALLBACK

set WEATHER_KEY

open a browser window and navigate to localhost:3000

ENJOY ;)

###The inception deck: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1pfK_G4ROs49BNh2VuZBECpMvvFfqF6ykrz1tf3_xGDk/edit?usp=sharing

###Technologies used: HTML, CSS, Javascript, JQuery, Node.js, Express, MongoDB, Google Maps API, Google OAuth, forecast.io API, Facebook comments, ATOM, Github.

###General Approach: There are so many road trip apps out there, but none of them seem to tell you what the weather is gonna be like when you arrive at your destination. Our goal with this project was to square the circle and allow users to rest easy, knowing that the weather forecast would be available to them. As a bonus, users can access their past searches and remember the good times that they had on the road.

###Trello Board: https://trello.com/b/u0X9BPiF/project-3-roadtrippr

###Document our app's RESTful API: Roadtrippr will log all of your searches, which a signed-in user can view, update or delete entirely.

###Unsolved Problems: 1: The weather at destination at time of arrival

2: More midpoints (midpoint of midpoints)

3: A link to view the map of the modified or saved searches from the saved searches page

###Major hurdles: Early-on git workflow.