Michael Bade


From Music Education to Software Engineering

Trail Run Planner

Phew! This is it - the final project for Flatiron! I can’t believe I’m at the finish line for such an incredible, challenging bootcamp. For my final project, I wanted to create something that is definitely in line with the theme of other projects I’ve made, as well as make something that will be useful for the future. A month ago, my wife and I were hiking Guadalupe Mountain in West Texas, and we did not bring enough water. We really struggled on the final 2 miles of the descent and were so relieved to get to our car. The Trail Run Planner app will help people like us, who forget what to pack for trail runs! This app allows users to view trails in their area and add days to run specific trails to their personal running journal. Within their journal, users can then select what items they need to bring on their run, such as a cell phone, jacket, water, food, etc. Right now, the app sends an alert to the user of the items they need to bring. However, in the future, I would like to implement either an iCal or Email reminder with the information of what to bring on the hike.


A SUPERB website for a SUPERB family!

While completing the Module 4 JavaScript/Rails project (blog link HERE), I also had a wonderful opportunity to create a professional website!


Vegan Camping Cookbook Collective

Today I officially finished my fourth project for the Flatiron School’s Software Engineering Program, woohoo! The idea for this project came from personal experience of mine. Three weeks ago, my wife and I took a camping trip to the Guadalupe Mountains and Lincoln National Forest, which are both located near the Texas/New Mexico border. As we were planning for our trip, we quickly realized that it’s pretty difficult to plan out food for two vegans, who are staying in these areas (that is, unless you want to eat PB&J sandwiches every day…). We poured over the internet for food ideas, and it took us awhile to find some recipes that are actually sustainable for more than one meal. As soon as we got back, I started brainstorming for this project, and came up with an idea of a Vegan Camping Cookbook Collective. The idea is that users can send in recipes to the site admin, who can then post those recipes to the collective. Users can create their own cookbook by clicking on a fire icon, which represents a “like” option. The project utilized the Ruby on Rails API framework, specifically using PostgreSQL and Ruby in the backend with a vanilla JS, HTML, and CSS frontend. This SPA (Single Page Application) project utilizes JS to make fetch calls to the backend, which renders json on the frontend. So, the entire app works without having to refresh the browser!


RAILS Project: A Doggo Playdate App!

When thinking about what to base this Rails project on, I thought about how Covid-19 has affected so many areas of our lives. For many dog owners, dog parks have officially shut down in most major cities. With this app, users are able to add new Parks, new Playdates, and a Review for each Park. There are several validations with each newly created object, and users can not edit/delete other users’ information. If you would like to see a walk through of this app, click here: Doggo Playdate App.


SINATRA Project: Mileage Tracker

This was such a fun project, and it was a joy to actually create a web APP! After years of learning basic HTML and CSS, I have crafted web sites, and the idea of creating a dynamic web app terrified me! However, Flatiron helped me out so much, and I feel much more confident in being able to create a dynamic web app, capable of CRUD actions.