Final Project

• Title: Cloud App Travel Journal
• Author: Fred Junior Ntwali

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Project Description

🌍 Cloud Travel Journal 📝

Overview

Cloud Travel Journal is a cloud-native web application that allows users to document and share their travel experiences. Users can write journal entries, upload images or documents, and manage their memories through a sleek web interface—powered entirely by AWS cloud services.

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Features

✅ Journal Entry Creation

• Add a title, story, and optionally upload an image (stored in S3).
• Entries are stored in DynamoDB with timestamps.

✅ Gallery View

• Displays all travel entries with options to edit or delete them.
• Embedded images are rendered from the S3 bucket.

✅ Edit & Delete Support

• Update text or replace entries with ease.
• Remove entries permanently via the UI.

✅ Minimalistic and Functional UI

• Easy-to-navigate, clean layout built with HTML templates.
• Designed to work within AWS-hosted environments like Cloud9 or Elastic Beanstalk.

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Configuration Architecture

✅ AWS Services Used

• DynamoDB – Stores journal entries as strings, with id, title, entry, timestamp, and optional image_url.
• S3 (Simple Storage Service) – Stores uploaded images linked to each journal entry.
• EC2 (optional) – Can also run the app manually with more control.

✅ Technology Stack

• Backend: Python + Flask
• Frontend: HTML (Jinja templates), optional Bootstrap for styling
• Cloud Storage: AWS S3
• NoSQL Database: AWS DynamoDB
• Development Environment: AWS Cloud9

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Folder Structure

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├── app.py                 # Main Flask application
├── templates/
│   ├── home.html
│   ├── journal.html
│   ├── gallery.html
│   └── edit.html
├── static/                # Optional: add styles/images if needed
├── requirements.txt       # Flask + boto3 dependencies
└── README.md              # This file