Verdex Initial Release

This is the first release of Verdex, a revolutionary web application allowing you to generate sustainable itineraries with a click and share them with an in-app community excited about sustainable tourism with another. It is a massive project embarked on by @Prakhar896 , @JunHammy , @lincoln0623 , @Sadliquid and @nicholascheww for the App Development Project module in Year 1 Semester 2 of the Diploma in Information Technology course at Nanyang Polytechnic.

There's a 50% chance Verdex is in-action at https://verdex.app; try your luck lol. For more information on Verdex, see its README.

Here's a high-level rundown of all features included in this first release:

Itinerary Generation
- Unique algorithm to insert sustainable activities to do in Singapore and formulate an itinerary while prioritising attractions you want to visit too
- VerdexGPT chatbot tool to get suggestions and tips about travel in Singapore, helping you select your dream destinations in Singapore
Account Management
- Quick and efficient sign in and sign up
- Ability to Sign in with Google
- Profile personalisation features (upload profile picture, change profile bio description)
- Identity management features (change email, change password, etc.)
Itinerary Editor
- Granular itinerary customisation (adding/deleting days, edit activities)
- Real-time directions between activities from Google Maps
- Add your own activities to your itinerary
VerdexTalks (Community Forum)
- Share your itineraries with others in the community
- Social interactions (liking, commenting, filtering by hashtag)
- Report misbehaving users
- Dark mode
Admin Dashboard
- Manage and see an overview of System Health
- Manage users (change email, delete account, ban from forum, log out user)
- Generate reports of analytics data (various metrics about system usage)
- Reply to customer support queries

Integrations even we were surprised we pulled off:

Route/map generation via Google Maps Directions & Embed APIs
Sign in with Google ability via Google Identity Platform's OAuth provisions
Cloud-backed database with Firebase Realtime Database
Cloud-based identity management with Firebase Authentication
Our own fine-tuned generative chatbot interface via OpenAI's GPT-3.5 model

This project was a milestone and a half for us, especially for a team most would consider comprising of beginners. We are proud of what we have made so far and we hope you like it.

What's Changed (Specific PR Notes with Incremental Changes)

renamed hello_world to homepage by @Prakhar896 in #1
Security pages and emailer class by @Prakhar896 in #2
FireConn, FireRTDB, DI, Homepage by @Prakhar896 in #3
Boot pre-processing flow by @Prakhar896 in #4
FireStorage, Boot Pre-Processing by @Prakhar896 in #5
30 Dec PR (Latest commit: fixed bootstrap re-import and css bugs) by @Sadliquid in #6
Completed html and css for editor page and itinerary completion page by @lincoln0623 in #7
Created blueprint for generation process and new targetLocations webpage by @Prakhar896 in #9
Account Sign In and Sign Up by @JunHammy in #10
Minor changes after merging by @Sadliquid in #15
Completed authentication and my account flow by @Prakhar896 in #17
Completed itinerary generation with static locations by @Prakhar896 in #18
New editor page for progress check, DI not integrated by @lincoln0623 in #19
Fixed multiple bugs and added comment, deleting of comments, tagging and filtering features by @Sadliquid in #26
Editor page's editor panel design, layout by @lincoln0623 in #27
Created contact us form by @nicholascheww in #28
Revamped frontend, backend and fixed bugs by @Sadliquid in #30
Modal For Edit Activity Button by @lincoln0623 in #32
Added email verification flow by @JunHammy in #33
Fixed the form to start using DI by @nicholascheww in #34
Added Change Password by @JunHammy in #38
Fixed bugs, add activity button and share to forum button by @lincoln0623 in #39
Edited frontend, completed accounts integration, completed itineraries integration and revamped usability and fixed bugs by @Sadliquid in #37
Admin Console and User management by @nicholascheww in #42
Makeshift itinerary generation by @Prakhar896 in #47
Added reporting feature and revamped verdextalks frontend by @Sadliquid in #55
Password Reset flow by @JunHammy in #54
Adding add day and edit date features into Lincoln's Branch by @Sadliquid in #57
Itinerary Generation Algorithm Complete by @Prakhar896 in #58
Added profile picture and about me description to view account page. by @JunHammy in #59
Google Maps API Route Application, Add Day,Delete Day& Change Date by @lincoln0623 in #61
Added my itineraries to view account page by @JunHammy in #64
Full-fledged Admin Dashboard Completed by @nicholascheww in #65
Google OAuth Sign-In by @Prakhar896 in #66
Completed Unified Flow by @Prakhar896 in #67
VerdexGPT and Presentation Transform by @Prakhar896 in #74
Hotfix by @Prakhar896 in #76