Overview

User Story is an open-source product management tool that allows users to request new features, provide feedback, and interact with other stories. It provides a web interface for easy and intuitive usage. The goal of User Story is to provide a scalable backend infrastructure that enables organizations to improve and make progress by efficiently collecting and responding to user feedback.

Features

• Easy feature request and feedback submission
• File attachment functionality for users to provide additional context to their stories
• Admin capabilities to resolve, close, and update the status of stories
• Interaction with other stories through comments and votes

Installation

1. Clone the User Story repository.
2. Install all the dependencies by running npm i -f.
3. Set up the backend:
   • If you want to use Docker, follow the provided instructions.
   • If you’re only working on the frontend, follow the separate instructions.
4. Configure the backend with the necessary permissions and roles for user story management.
5. If you’re only working on the frontend, copy the src/config.temp.json file and remove the .temp part from the file name. Adjust the apiURL value to match your own Strapi endpoint if necessary. The APP_ENV key can be set to any string value, with “prod” being recommended for production environments.
6. Run npm start to start the app in development mode.
7. Open http://localhost:3000 to view the app in the browser.
8. Make any necessary edits, with automatic reload and lint error display in the console.
9. Before submitting a PR/MR, ensure your code is compliant with the provided JS and SCSS quality rules by running the respective commands: npm run test:js and npm run test:scss.
10. Build the app for production using npm run build. The optimized and minified build files will be generated in the build folder.

Summary

User Story is an open-source product management tool that provides a scalable backend infrastructure and a user-friendly web interface for users to request features, provide feedback, and interact with other stories. The installation guide ensures a smooth setup process for both frontend and backend, allowing for efficient feedback collection and response mechanisms, critical for organizational improvement and progress.