Mindplex Magic: Turning Text into Flashcards with AI

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This report describes the development process of a fullstack application designed to help users study with integrated AI functionalities for the creation of flashcards. Users upload images containing text that are processed by third-party artificial intelligence application programming interfaces to create a data structure of questions and answers based on the text. The application is centered around flashcards but also includes features such as quizzes and the sharing of flashcard collections. To facilitate the use of the application for multiple users, a decision was made to migrate from Swift, a programming language for iOS to JavaScript. By using the React Native framework, an application for cross-platform can be created on a single code base. A scalable backend solution was also developed for the application by integration of a monolithic architecture with Microsoft's cloud service, Azure. The backend consisted of a NodeJS Express server connected to a MySQL database. The application managed to replicate the prototype despite some minor issues. The application's core requirements were successfully implemented with some additional features.