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PCTO at Soluta: Collaborators' album and interactive map

Written by Soluta | 05/09

Soluta enthusiastically welcomed two students in PCTO (Pathways for Transversal Skills and for Orientation) offering them the chance to try their hand at real projects with a concrete impact. Alessandro and Carlotta have developed two webapps that meet the practical needs of client companies. Let’s look at them in detail.

An album by collaborators for the company intranet 

Alessandro worked on the creation of a digital album of collaborators, designed for the internal website of a company.
The aim was to facilitate personnel management and improve the reception of new recruits, thanks to a page for each employee, with identification data and company role.

The project was built using:

  • VueJS as a modern Javascript framework

  • Vite for the development system

  • Bulma for the mobile-first style

  • Google Sheet API for automatic data recovery from a Google Sheet

Thanks to automation with Javascript, the entire album can be updated easily and enjoyed even from mobile devices. After an initial phase of studying the technologies, Alessandro developed a mockup of the product, tested the data loading with test arrays and finally integrated the real APIs. Among the optional phases, also the map view and the collaborator search function.

 

 

The CRM Key Project:

In this case, we can consider internal HR as a real “internal customer”, to be supported and better known also through effective digital tools.

 
An interactive map to orient yourself in a building

Camilla instead tackled a project oriented towards inland navigation: a webapp to help students and visitors to a training school located in a complex historic building, with many corridors, stairs and levels.

The developed software allows you to:

  • Frame a QRCode to determine the user’s location (“You are here”)

  • Select a destination from those available

  • View the optimal route to reach it on the map

Among the tools used:

  • Canvas HTML to draw the maps

  • Algoritmo A* to calculate the shortest path

  • VueJS, Vite and Bulma to build the interface

Again, the project started from a phase of familiarisation with technologies, and then moved on to converting maps into web format, identifying coordinates and finally setting up the interactive interface.
Advanced features, such as the identification of obstacles and accessible routes, have also been envisaged.

 

The CRM Key Project:
This map is the prototype of a tool that can also evolve from a B2B perspective, for example for the organization of visits to the company or factory. An opportunity to create customer-oriented experiences, even in physical locations.

 

A PCTO that leaves its mark

Both projects demonstrate how educational and truly useful PCTO paths can be, enabling students to work on concrete needs, learning modern technologies and professional development methodologies.

 

To find out more about all the projects dedicated to students, visit the Careers section of the Soluta!