ROLE
Co-Founder & CEO/CTO
TECH
ReactJS, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, ParseServer, AWS
Tooride offers a Private Tours On-Demand service, that allows tour guides to host their tours for visitors to book.
- Wrote it from scratch using JavaScript, ReactJS, HTML5, CSS3. Built all the User Interface across the whole web app.
- Used Parse.com for the server related code. Which I had to migrate to ParseServer that I hosted onto AWS Elastic Beanstalk (due to the termination of Parse.com service on Jan 2017).
- CoreData to cache the server objects into the local database.
- Stripe for Payments.
- MailChimp/Mandrill for emails.
- Mobile friendly, and auto adjusts to any screen size.
- SEO friendly.
- Fully localized in Chinese.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Reviews System to support customer reviews for tours; Role/Permission integration, to allow having super users “admins” approve users to become tour guides.
- Experimentation System that enables us to experiment (toggle on/off) on different features of the app.
- Stats Logging.
- Push Notifications.
- Deep Linking / Handling.
- Auto Emails Generations for sign ups, order confirmations, refunds, marketing emails, booking reminders, etc.
- Payment System (Apple Pay, AliPay, Credit/Debit Cards, Amex Checkout, Direct Deposit onto Tour Guide’s accounts).
- Built a Coupon System to give away discounts and help promote the app.
- Facebook Login, for quick sign ups.
- Filters System that manages the home page all pushed from the backend.
- Referral Program to grant bonus coupons.
- Analytics using Facebook, Google with Ecommerce reporting.
- Mobile Friendly every page dynamically auto adjusts to fit the screen size.
- Localization fully localized in Chinese.
