TL;DR : We’ve been working with Where to Dance since the summer of 2023 on a mobile-first web application enabling users to find dance events near them, wherever they are (https://www.wheretodance.fr). We’ve been involved in the specifications stage, the design, project management, all the way to the development stage of this app.
🧩 The initial problem
Where to Dance is an initiative created by Vidal F. who approached us with a strong will to solve the problem he was facing when travelling abroad: where can I find a cool dance event near me ?
He felt he wasn’t the only one with this problem, and wanted to create an online service allowing fellow dancers to do just that, with the added bonus of letting event organizers add their own events to both promote them and feed the service’s catalogue.
✅ The solution
We developed a web platform called Where to Dance which addressed this issue with the following main features:
- A User account that can be used by
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Event goers looking for existing events (an account is not necessary for the search part, but is required to purchase tickets to events)
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Event organizers wanting to create (with dates, a poster, a description, prices, links to ticket purchase, etc.) and manage events (edition, duplication, deletion)
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An interactive map allowing users to browse for events directly, to use the “Locate me” feature to access events near their position, and to see previews of those events straight from the map.
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A complete fulltext search & filtering allowing users to search for events with complex queries, including text, dates, dance styles and price ranges
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The ability to favorite an event (via the heart icon), and access favorite events from the User’s profile.
- A fully internationalized application with 2 languages currently available (English and French), making the addition of new languages easy.
💻 The stack
- App: Ruby on Rails
- Database: PostgreSQL, Redis
- Testing: Rspec, FactoryBot
- Background Tasks: ActiveJob, Sidekiq
- CSS: TailwindCSS
- Javascript: StimulusJS, AlpineJS
- Hosting: Scalingo
- Emailing : Brevo
- Assets hosting : Scaleway
- Error reporting : Sentry
- CI/CD & Project Management: Gitlab
🚀 The results
After a few months of close collaboration, we successfully delivered a first version of the Where to Dance service in compliance with the initial specifications paper.
Our client is very happy with the results and wants to continue the site development with Forever Bije. Improvements are set to arrive in the coming months, as iterations are made and new versions of the application deployed.
You can find the website here : https://www.wheretodance.fr
