Sparklr

Inspired by Flickr, a single-page Backbone.js app built on a RESTful Ruby on Rails architecture.

Located at www.sparklr.xyz

Tech

Core

Rails, PostgreSql, Backbone.js

Implementation

• Image upload via Paperclip and AWS S3
• Composite views facilitate re-rendering of just small portions of the page.
• Multisearch by photo/albums or by user via PgSearch
• Infinite scroll implemented using Kaminari
• Sign up via omniauth-facebook
• Normal auth utilizes BCrypt to store passwords

Todos

• Add comments to photos. Might implement polymorphically to simplify future development to albums as well
• Add followers. Might implement polymorphically to simplify future development to albums as well
• Add polymorphic tagging table.
• Store photo and album views