Mlog - Meeting Action Tracker App

JavaScript - 21st June 2017

Mlog is a collaborative meeting action, risk, decision and info tracker web app with a Google Home voice UI, created as a concept for smart meeting rooms. Check out the web app here https://m-log.herokuapp.com. and the voice UI github repo.

Background

The idea came about during a Tech Labs hackathon day at AstraZeneca and as we got a lot of positive feedback I decided to run with the idea and complete the project. At the time I didn't have much experience with full-stack development and implementation, dev ops and networking so I thought it would be a great learning opportunity.

Challenges

In the past I have used only heroku for app deployment as I found it was perfect for my needs; easy to use, free with the hobby tear and pre-made build packs for Meteor apps. As the Tech Labs were currently using AWS and Docker containers for all their web apps it was a chance for me to finally get round to working with Docker and AWS.

Learning

Docker and the benefits of using containers to run apps in a closed environment. Working with AWS container services and the set up of load balancers. Setting up and configuring MongoDB in a closed environment.