InstaBlog

Setup

Prerequisites

• Ruby 3.3.5
• PostgreSQL
• Node.js ^20.15.1

Create .env file at the root of the project directory. Copy the content of .env.template.erb to .env then update the username and password based on your database credentials. To send a post feedback email to the blog post author, request SENDGRID_API_KEY from admin/owner or create your own SENDGRID_API_KEY and add single sender verification then update SENDGRID_FROM_EMAIL and SENDGRID_FROM_NAME

Install dependencies and setup database

bin/setup

Populate database with sample data

rake db:populate_sample_data

Start local web server

bin/dev

Go to http://localhost:3000

Testing

Setup test database

bin/rails db:test:prepare

Default: Run all spec files (i.e., those matching spec/**/*_spec.rb)

bin/rspec

Run all spec files in a single directory (recursively)

bin/rspec spec/models

Run a single spec file

bin/rspec spec/models/post_spec.rb

Use the plain-English descriptions to generate a report of where the application conforms to (or fails to meet) the spec

bin/rspec --format documentation spec/models/post_spec.rb

Run a single example from a spec file (by line number)

bin/rspec spec/models/post_spec.rb:6

See all options for running specs

bin/rspec --help