The motivation for this project was to create an open-source forum site where users can share a post and discuss with other users on various topics. We built this to practice and refine our skills with express, express-session, and sequelize to create an application with its own database and MVC structure. It solves the problem of giving people a place to post their thoughts and further discuss with others to learn and communicate. We learned a lot about how to use an MVC paradigm and connect via sequelize with other technologies we have learned.
If running on your local machine run npm i to install dependencies in CLI and then node server.js
To use application go to the URL https://calm-spire-29588.herokuapp.com/
The home page will display all of the users posts
Click on a post and you can see comments and add your own, but you must be signed in to comment.
To sign in click on get started or login and enter your username and password. If you don't have a login click sign-up on the bottom of the login card.
When you are logged in you will be redirected to your dashboard where you can view your posts and click create new post to make a new one. CLick on one of your posts to update or delete it.
Go to your profile page and you can select a profile picture from your computer to update the card below. More will be added to the profile function later.
Click the logout tab in the navbar when you are ready to log out.
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