NCE Education Platform

The NCE Education Platform is an extensible, cloud-based learning management system designed to provide a comprehensive toolset for educators and learners. Utilizing AWS Amplify for the backend, this platform offers a robust, scalable solution for managing courses, users, notifications, and more.

Technology Stack

• Frontend: React.js for dynamic user interfaces
• Backend: AWS Amplify handling authentication, data storage (GraphQL), file storage, and more
• CI/CD: Automated workflows with GitHub Actions for testing, building, and deploying both frontend and backend changes
• Database: AWS Amplify's managed GraphQL service with a DynamoDB backend
• Testing: Cypress for component and end-to-end testing

Development Workflow

Setting Up for Development

1. Clone the repository: git clone https://github.com/yourgithubusername/your-repo-name.git
2. Install dependencies: Run npm install at the root of your project.
3. Set up AWS credentials: Configure your AWS credentials for Amplify CLI usage.
4. Initialize Amplify: Run amplify init and follow the prompts to set up your development environment.

Making Changes

1. Create a new branch for your feature: git checkout -b feature/your-feature-name
2. Make your changes, including any necessary modifications to the GraphQL schema.
3. Test your changes locally.
4. Commit your changes: git commit -am "Add some feature"
5. Push your branch: git push origin feature/your-feature-name

Deploying Changes

• Development: Upon pushing changes to the main branch, GitHub Actions automates the build, test, and deployment process to the development environment.
• Production: After successful deployment and testing in the development environment, changes are promoted to the production branch, triggering a production deployment via GitHub Actions.

CI/CD Pipeline

This project utilizes GitHub Actions for continuous integration and continuous deployment. The .github/workflows/main.yml file contains the workflow configuration for building, testing, and deploying the application.

Key Workflow Steps

• Build and Test: Compiles the application, starts the server, and runs all Cypress tests.
• Deploy to Development: Applies changes to the AWS Amplify development environment.
• Promote to Production: After successful testing, merges changes to the production branch, triggering a deployment to the AWS Amplify production environment.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please read our Contributing Guide for details on our code of conduct and the process for submitting pull requests.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.