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Epicodus capstone project proposal, 5.29.2020

An app for members of the LGBTQ community to search for social services they may be eligible for.

The UX design process has three basic steps: research, design, and repeat.

Since I'm currently studying UX Design - alongside my course work at Epicodus - I plan to integrate UX design best practices into my capstone project.

The project's goal is twofold:

1. To practice UX principles and methods
2. To create an accessible and intuitive mobile-first site that lets users search for services such as food, housing, and childcare.

To meet my goal, I will:

1. Research current resource finder apps: specifically 211info.org, and their corresponding mobile app.

2. Design and administer surveys to current users of the 211 app.

3. Determine ways to improve upon the existing search features.

4. Sketch out several designs on paper and choose one to build out with React.

5. Build a mobile demo app with React and test it again with the original survey respondants.

List the absolute minimum features the project requires to meet this purpose or goal:

• A user survey that follows UX best practices
• The compiled results of said survey
• A mobile app that has:
  • Search features
  • Search results
  • The ability to narrow results by demographic parameters once the search is complete.
• Note: as this project is primarily focused on UX research and front-end design, dummy data will be used for the MVP.

• HTML/CSS/JavaScript
• React
• Materialize CSS library: to optimize the app for mobile viewing, and ensure accessibilty

• If I have time, my next step is to integrate an API. The city of New York has an open API that lists 1000+ social services available to women, so I could use that data, or a dummy API.
• I would also do further research on accessibility, to make sure my app is accessible for all.

• AXIOS - to query APIs
• Materials on accessibility standards