Bloccit

Bloccit is a Ruby on Rails application that allows users to create topics and posts. Users are able to up/down vote posts as well as favorite them. All aspects for this app were custom built, including authentication and authorization, in order to gain a thorough understanding of their functionality.

The app is deployed on Heroku: http://bloccit.jackschuss.com

This app was created as part of the Bloc Full Stack Web Development course.

Features

• Users can create a standard account in order to create and edit topics and posts.
• Users can up/down vote any post. A list of their posts is displayed on their profile with their vote score.
• Users can favorite posts, which are then saved on their user profile for easy tracking, and will receive email when favorited posts are updated or commented on.
• Users can add labels to posts, to better organize their profile.

Setup and Configuration

Languages and Frameworks: Ruby on Rails and Bootstrap

Ruby version 2.2.1

Databases: SQLite (Test, Development), PostgreSQL (Production)

Development Tools and Gems include:

• BCrypt for secure passwords
• SendGrid for email confirmation
• FactoryGirl for test suite success

Setup:

• Environment variables were set using Figaro and are stored in config/application.yml (ignored by git).

• The config/application.example.yml file illustrates how environment variables should be stored.

To run Bloccit locally:

• Clone the repository
• Run bundle install
• Create and migrate the SQLite database with rake db:create and rake db:migrate OR rake db:seed
• Start the server using rails server
• Run the app on localhost:3000