1.
Flatiron BnB
Jerry Lee & Max Goodman

2.
Creating the Domain Model

3.
Getting the Data : Listings
Stevies Unofficial Airbnb API - Listings
Used a proxy worker to gather seed data - over 200 listings - 3 cities (NYC, DC,
LA)
JSON data returned from HTTPS request

4.
Creating Associations

5.
Demo Time!

6.
Wrap Up
○ Describe something you struggled to build, and show us how you ultimately implemented it in
your code.
a. Persistence of the data for reservations: instance calls vs SQL calls
○ Discuss 3 things you learned in the process of working on this project.
a. Working remotely with Git/GitHub can be difficult (merge conflicts)
b. How to gather external seed data from an API
c. How to create a domain model for Airbnb-like platform
d. Bonus: How to write a README.md
○ Address, if anything, what you would change or add to what you have today?
a. Make the UI a bit more flexible for the user input.
b. Gather more data for more cities

7.
Thank You!