Paycheck to Paycheck

a web app for United Way of Central Carolinas to:

• create awareness about poverty using real Charlotte data
• simulate tough choices made by those in poverty
• give links to share, donate, and volunteer

Made by Team Povizio in Skookum's Night Shift 2.0 program. Povizio is a play on words for poverty, visual awareness, and choices.

Check it out live

• Paycheck to Paycheck (production)
• staging version

React

This app uses React and was created from Skookum's http://github.com/Skookum/generator-genreact repo.

Requirements

Get up and running local

Windows

• git
• node 0.12.7
• python 2.7.x
• Visual Studio 2013 C++ compiler
• pro tip: try to keep file names short in windows

##Mac Mac makes life easier. All you need is:

• node 0.12.7

Get Hacking

• git clone http://github.com/Skookum/generator-genreact.git
• npm install
• npm start or npm run start-windows
• open localhost:4000

Make it you own

• edit data/povertyData.js to make the questions, answers, facts, etc.
• get crazy in the CSS to make the colors your own

Tools in Use

• Webpack
• React
• react-router
• react-resolver
• jest

License

This generator and toolchain is MIT Licensed. The projects and tools we bring together for you each have their own license and terms you should be aware of.