Desserts App is a mobile application that allows people to fully customize and quickly purchase desserts, especially the custom ones (e.g. three-tier unicorn cakes), from local bakeries.

Users have requested the functionality to contact buyers and/or sellers directly. To address this, we would like to add a real-time chat function to our existing application.

We would like students to focus on:

• Selecting the best technologies for creating a real-time application.
• Creating a general chat application which can be easily extended with new features in the future.

The final deliverables include:

• Documentation around models and attributes used to model any data.
• A brief wireframe or mock-up of the resulting system’s user interface and data flow.
• The product roadmap used to create the system and implementation plan including a list of user stories detailing all possible interactions with the system.
• The source code for the system, preferably in a source control system such as Git.

Students will connect directly with our team for personalized mentorship throughout the project. There will be at least two (2) people working closely with them, offering activities, such as peer programming sessions, and career advice.