A web app to keep inventory of assets, mainly electronics e.g. laptop, projector, cables, etc.

• This app should be able to keep inventory of Andela’s assets, mainly electronics e.g. laptop, projector, cables, etc.
• The admins for this app, are staff members in the Ops and Facilities Department and the rest are staff members (and fellows)
• As a super-admin, I should be to sign-in and add other admins
• As an admin, I should be able to sign-in
• As an admin, I should be able to add an asset record, with the following details: Asset Name, Description, Serial Number, Andela Serial Code, Date bought, etc.
• As an admin, I should be able to assign an asset to a staff member. I should add the date for reclaiming back the asset
• As an admin, I should be able to un-assign (reclaim) an asset from a staff member
• As an admin, I should be able to see a list of assigned assets (and their assignees) and a list of available (unassigned) items
• As an admin, I should be able to see a reminder (notification) for items that are to be reclaimed soon, or the reclaiming date has passed
• As a user (staff member), I should be able to report a case of an item getting lost
• As a user (staff member), I should be able to report a case of a lost-and-found item
• As an admin, I should be able to view all the cases of lost items, and lost-and-found items
• As an admin, I should be able to mark a case as resolved (appropriately), with some description

Follow the following URL to try out a stable version of the app:

• https://asset-tracker-ke.herokuapp.com

To try out all the newest features of this app go to:

• https://asset-tracker-ke-staging.herokuapp.com

To deploy this app you need to have python and pip package manager installed in your computer.

Run git clone https://github.com/thuo/AssetTracker to clone the repo.

Run cd AssetTracker to make the project directory your working directory.

Run pip install -r requirements to install packages required by the app. To keep this installation separate from others, you should use virtualenv.

Set the following environment variables required by the app:

• MAIL_USERNAME and MAIL_PASSWORD: SMTP username and password for sending emails. The SMTP Server is set in config.py which is where you should edit if want to change it from GMail.
• APP_ENV: use development for a development configuration. Other options are production and staging. Not setting this variable will default to a development configuration.
• DATABASE_URL: A database url in the format postgresql://<username>:<password>@<host>/<database name> e.g postgresql://user:lion@localhost/asset_tracker
• GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID: To ensure Sign in with Google works. You need a Google API project to obtain a client id.
• GOOGLE_WEB_CLIENT_ID: Also, to ensure Sign in with Google works.

Run python manage.py db upgrade to create database and its tables.

Run python manage.py runserver to start the server.

• The app should use a message queue for sending emails.
• Provide instructions on how to deploy to Heroku.