ISBN Thinking

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Contents

• About
• Features
• Technologies
• Installation

About

ISBN Thinking is a library and book list manager. Created as a way to keep myself from getting 4 copies of the same book and keep track of titles that look interesting.

Features

Track your reading list

• Keep a running list of things you want to read/have read

Track your personal library

• Keep track of if you actually own a specific title/format

Look up a book

• Figure out the author/title/format of a work
• See if you are already tracking that specific title

Technologies

PostgreSQL	Express	React	Node.js
Docker	Heroku	Classify API	Open Library

Installation

Prerequisites

To run ISBN Thinking, you must have installed:

• PostgreSQL
• Docker
• Node.js

Run ISBN Thinking on your local computer

1. Clone or fork repository inside your desired source directory:

   git clone https://github.com/gradiants93/ISBN_Thinking/

2. Clean the owner git by running this command in the root folder:

   rm -rf .git

3. Inside the root folder, install all dependecies:

   npm install

4. Inside the server folder, create a .env file:

   touch .env

5. Copy the contents from the .env.example and paste them into your newly created .env file. Change the values for user/password if necessary for your computer but do not change the name of the database. It should look similar to this:

   DATABASE_URL="postgresql://user:password@localhost/isbnthinking"
   DATABASE_SSL="false"

6. From the server file, restore the database dump file:

   psql -U postgres -f db.sql

7. Go to the client folder and run:

   npm start

8. Visit https://localhost:3000 to get started making your lists!

Future Features - (In no particular order)

• Multiple users
• Wistlist items
• Text/send your wishlist to a friend
• Sort alphabetically
• API calls via Title, Author
• Filter by format
• Search your listings