Web application aimed at connecting and informing 60+ people

Udio starijeg stanovništva u svijetu sve više raste zbog produţenja ţivotnog vijeka te smanjenja fertiliteta u razvijenim zemljama. Zbog ovog porasta sve vaţnije teme u politiĉkim krugovima su kvaliteta ţivota starijih osoba. Broj starijih osoba koje koriste internet sve više raste. Internet im pomaţe u boljem informiranju i omogućava im lakšu komunikaciju s obitelji i prijateljima. Mnoge drţave, a tako i Republika Hrvatska, provode razne radionice i teĉaje kako bi olakšali starijim osobama korištenje interneta. U ovom radu razvijena je web aplikacija koja omogućava osobama starije ţivotne dobi veću informiranost o organiziranim druţenjima i edukacijama od strane raznih udruga i institucija ite meĊusobnu interakciju. Web aplikacija napravljena je u Laravel razvojnom okruţenju. Za izgled same aplikacije korišteni su programski jezici HTML, CSS te JavaScript. Na posluţiteljskoj strani korišteni su PHP,Pusher te MySQL baza podataka.The percentage of older population in the world keeps growing due to prolongation of life expectancy and decrease of fertility in well developed countries. Due to this increase, the quality of life of the elderly is becoming increasingly important topic in political circles. The number of older people using the internet is also growing. The internet helps them find relevant information and allows them to communicate with friends and family in an easy way. Many countries, including the Republic of Croatia, are carrying out various workshops and courses in order to make usage of the internet easier for the elderly. In this paper a web application has been developed that helps the elderly communicate with each other and stay informed about organized gatherings and educations by different associations and institutions. The application was made in Laravel development environment. HTML, CSS and JavaScript were the programming languages used for the appearance of the app. PHP, Pusher and MySQL data bases were used on the server side