Design Notes

App structure

• Code Stack
  • Python 3.7
  • Django
  • Django REST Framework
  • Custom interface via (jinja?) templates
  • API for other systems to communicate
• Infrastructure
  • Hosted in space, public on static ip
  • Nginx to route this and other apps
  • Let's encrypt for SSL
• Physical identification
  • Identifier (tool pk?) printed and placed on tool and shelf
  • QR code with url to view tool

Models

• User
  • Let's start with a Custom user now, even if we don't have extra fields yet. We'll be glad we did
• Tool
  • Owner
  • Description
  • Photos
  • Guideline tagging plus free-form "other"
  • Nested Category tagging (https://github.com/radiac/django-tagulous)
  • Storage location
  • Clearance requirement - None, owner, any cleared user
  • notify owner of borrow
• History of usage
  • tool
  • borrower
  • timestart borrowed
  • timestamp returned
• Clearance for tool usage
  • tool
  • user

Pages

• Tool search
• tool details
  • Tool model fields
  • Checkout status w/ borrower
  • checkout history - last 5? all?
• User details
  • user info
  • tools owned (w/ checkout status)
  • tools currently borrowed