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GearSwap
BUY, SELL, AND SWAP MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND GEAR
BY MARGE ROSEN AND KATHRYN BLACKLEY
Why an app like GearSwap?
 Musicians need a specialized place online to buy, sell , and
trade gear
 Gear is musical instruments as well as accessories
 Takes advantage of existing networks within a given local
community of musicians
 Credibility is important – instruments are expensive, loved
objects that require maintenance and care
 Being too insular would discourage browsers and anyone
looking to join the local community
How did we approach GearSwap?
 Users can create listings describing what they’re selling, provide
outside contact information, and other users can respond
 Listings are grouped into categories based on which instrument
they’re associated with.
 You must be signed in to either post a listing, or to see another
lister’s contact information.
 Listings will only appear on the category page for one week,
although they would still be available if you have the URL.
Our challenges
 We used Twitter Bootstrap to help with our layout – difficult
process to make sure that all gems and files were correct
 Took some time to make listings disappear after one week --
at first it broke a lot of specs, as listings from factories were
made at “now” and not within the range from seven days
ago till now.
 [anything to add, maybe the css?]
What’s next for GearSwap?
 Add features such as search, tagging listings, watching
listings, or social media buttons for sharing listings
 Display images rather than linking to them elsewhere
 The appearance of the site could be improved with further
CSS and Javascript, plus a logo and branding
 Work with PostgreSQL for the production environment and
host on Heroku

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Gear swap powerpoint codefellows silver

  • 1. GearSwap BUY, SELL, AND SWAP MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND GEAR BY MARGE ROSEN AND KATHRYN BLACKLEY
  • 2. Why an app like GearSwap?  Musicians need a specialized place online to buy, sell , and trade gear  Gear is musical instruments as well as accessories  Takes advantage of existing networks within a given local community of musicians  Credibility is important – instruments are expensive, loved objects that require maintenance and care  Being too insular would discourage browsers and anyone looking to join the local community
  • 3. How did we approach GearSwap?  Users can create listings describing what they’re selling, provide outside contact information, and other users can respond  Listings are grouped into categories based on which instrument they’re associated with.  You must be signed in to either post a listing, or to see another lister’s contact information.  Listings will only appear on the category page for one week, although they would still be available if you have the URL.
  • 4. Our challenges  We used Twitter Bootstrap to help with our layout – difficult process to make sure that all gems and files were correct  Took some time to make listings disappear after one week -- at first it broke a lot of specs, as listings from factories were made at “now” and not within the range from seven days ago till now.  [anything to add, maybe the css?]
  • 5. What’s next for GearSwap?  Add features such as search, tagging listings, watching listings, or social media buttons for sharing listings  Display images rather than linking to them elsewhere  The appearance of the site could be improved with further CSS and Javascript, plus a logo and branding  Work with PostgreSQL for the production environment and host on Heroku