Coding-Tech-Blog

Description

This application is a CMS-style blog site that uses the MVC paradigm, Handlebars.js, Sequelize, and the Express-Session Package. The application can be found in Heroku but can also be cloned and run locally, see Installation and Usage for more details. This application was created so I can publish articles, blog posts, and my thoughts and opinions on the web.

This project has been the most complex we have been assigned as of yet. It took a while and many attempts to find and fix all the bugs. I was able to practice file architectural structure, fetch request, routes and handlebars. Since I ran into many issues even uploading to Heroku I was able to really dive deep into this project.

Table of Contents

• Installation
• Usage
• Contributing
• Questions
• License

Demo

Installation

How to install this application and getting started:

• Clone the repo to your local machine
• Open the integrated terminal for the server.js file
• Run npm install --y which will install any dependencies
• Create a .env file on the root folder and enter your mySQL username and password

DB_NAME=coding_tech_db
DB_USER=" "
DB_PW=" "

• Open the integrated terminal for the server.js file
• Run npm start which will start the server
• Visit http://localhost:3001/

Usage

You can find the deployed application by clicking on this link https://agile-wildwood-77680.herokuapp.com/.

Step 1

Note: Not all available options and steps will be demonstrated here

• After the command has been invoked or if you visit the Heroku App you will see the landing page

Step 2

• When arriving to the app you'll be able to see the post but will not be able to comment or make your own post until you login or sign up
• Click on the upper right hand corner and enter your information to sing up or login

Step 3

• After login in you will be directed to your Dashboard, here you will have access to create a new post by clicking the +
• In the center you will see cards that display all the post that were posted by the person logged in
• If Home button is pressed in the upper right hand corner you will be redirected to the home page with all the public posts
• If a post is clicked on you will be given the option to edit your post or delete it

Note: Not all applications options are demonstrated or depicted here

Contributing

There are many ways in which you can participate in this project, for example:

• Submit bugs and feature requests
• Review source code changes
• Review the documentation and make pull requests for anything from typos to additional and new content

Questions

To find more information and the repository on this project please visit my GitHub.

For any additional questions please email me here.

License

Copyright (c) 2021 Israel M Rios. Licensed under the MIT License.