About the Project

B’you is an internal application I developed single-handedly during my time at Laboratoires Gilbert.
The goal was to establish a recognition and reward system to honor employees who, through initiative or vigilance, prevented major disruptions or significantly improved company operations.

The top three employees on the podium received bonuses, trips, or other meaningful rewards.

Problem

Exceptional actions (anticipating critical incidents, initiatives that greatly enhance processes, etc.) often went unnoticed because they didn’t fit within standard performance evaluations.
The company wanted to implement a structured, engaging, and fair process to identify and reward these positive impacts.

Proposed Solution – B’you

• Secure authentication: login via LDAP (later extended with the company’s "Passport" SSO)
• Peer-to-peer thanks: ability to send a gratitude message to a colleague at any time
• Two-phase voting campaign:
  1. Open vote by all employees to identify high-impact contributors
  2. Selection committee shortlists 6 finalists
  3. Final general vote to determine the podium (Top 3)
• Publication of an internal article featuring the winners’ photos and reward details

Frontend stack (Vue.js)

• VueX
• Vue-Router
• VueI18n
• BootstrapVue
• Qwill (WYSIWYG editor)

Technical Challenges

This project was completed during my first year as a full-stack developer, making it a true learning ground.

Voting Phase Management

Initially, phases were triggered on fixed dates. Later, the need evolved toward flexible management: the ability to manually start or stop a phase, adjust dates mid-process, while preserving the integrity of votes already cast. This required a complete overhaul of the business logic and application state management.

LDAP Authentication & Migration to Passport SSO

Integrating with the company’s LDAP server was my first real exposure to this protocol. Although the user interface remained a simple email/password form, server-side synchronization and validation required a solid understanding of security and the specific quirks of Gilbert’s LDAP.
I later added support for "Passport" SSO, providing users with two seamless login methods.