Component Descriptions

A description the different components and their interfaces. See the System Block Diagram for a visualization of how these components interact.

React.js

A component based web development framework for designing single-page 
progressive web applications. We will use React to construct our front-end.

Django

A high-level Python web development framework that abstracts many typical 
features such as session authentication and database management. We will use
Django to construct our back-end and act as an ORM for our database. 

SQLite

A light-weight and server-less SQL database engine. We will use SQLite to
store user profile information and related data such as avatar stats and
inventory items.

Django Rest Framework (API)

A Django API framework that provides tools for creating RESTful APIs. We
will use Django Rest Framework to server a robust and intuitive REST API to
our front-end via URL endpoints, with a focus on constructing single 
endpoints that will serve multiple CRUD operations to our SQLite database to
simplify the front-end logic and reduce the number of total API calls. 

Server and Static Store

We will serve each application via a shared Docker container. This Docker
container will live on an in-house Server, using NoDNS as a routing service.
In addition, the Server will act as a store for Static Resources such as pet
animation frames.

Canvas

An open source online classroom application that is widely used by 
universities. We will use the Canvas API to construct Canvas integration
services and integrate these services with our application.