Flight Crew Portal v1.1

v1.1.0

New Features / Changes for Members

• Switched from Blade Templates to Inertia with VueJS to allow for better user experience
  • The switch to vue allows TPC to have better control of the website itself and makes for a better user experience.
  • Updated the Profile Settings page with the following changes
    • Added the user bio to the main editable form to allow for better user experience
    • Moved Logbook activation and visibility to the "home" tab
    • Updated the modal for adding other callsigns
    • Improved "Other Callsign" modal to have a better user experience.
    • Added Skills to Profile Settings
  • Updated the Pilot Feedback Page to have a better viewing experience and made callsign optional if someone is submitting feedback for a group of pilots
  • The following minor changes can be found here:
    • Moved front end images to S3 bucket to allow for caching with cloudflare and better response times
    • Other minor formatting changes
  • Added Data Removal Form
    • This feature enables members who wish for their data to be deleted, to submit a form to us for data removal.
  • Added Charters Pilot Ratings
    • Added a way for members a part of TPC Charters to be shown on the charters page with their ranks

New Features / Changes for Staff

• Added Filament PHP to handle the admin portal
  • General Changes
    • Imported all the current admin panel functionality to Filament
    • Added a system logs area to allow for admin to see what changes are made on the website for de-bugging and logging purposes
    • Added a more robust system for system roles to allow for better functionality in the long run
    • Added ability to have custom icons within the admin panel without huge load times
  • Admin Changes
    • Added ability for site roles to have better permissions which will allow for flexability on users permissions
    • Improved functionality of the Partner Discounts section to have image previews and better editability.
  • Charters Changes
    • Updated FBO Resource to include Sectors to ensure a better experience when adding sectors
    • Added mass additions to FBO Sectors
    • Added ability to add and update Route Sizes
    • Added ability to add and update FBO Focus's
    • Added ability to add and update FBO Regions
    • Added Plot Ratings
  • Flight Operations Changes
    • Updated forms to allow for a better experience

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a big where the Long Haul and Explorer flights have broken links if they are not posted on TPC Blog.

Other Changes

• Updated Discord and VATSIM Authentication to improve performance and better reliability.
• Updated Discord API requests to improve performance and improve developer experience.
• Updated VATSIM API requests to improve performance and improve developer experience.
• Updated Error pages and have blanket error page when the error is not defined.
• Updated runtime for the backend server to run on FrankenPHP for faster response times
• Updated footer to show our incorperated status

Developer Experience Changes

• Added the use of a code formatter and checker for PHP code to allow for the same code styles and code quality for everyone
• Added the use of a linter for our JavaScript (JS) and TypeScript (TS) to allow for better code quality
• Added the use of a code formatter for JS/TS to allow for better code styles
• Added the use of the Laravel debug bar to improve developer experience and allow for better visability on the backends processes
• Added the use of a code scanning tools to ensure that all PHP code is up to par for the standards we have set.

Known Bugs / Issues

• Some notifications have a white background when in dark mode