Chitter Challenge

A twitter clone that allows users to post messages to a public stream

Set Up

$ git clone https://github.com/hvenables/chitter-challenge.git
bundle
rackup

Gems used

Timecop - to help test for the time. FactoryGirl - to help create dummy users Sinatra Flash - This enables error messaging Sinatra Partials - which allows the use of partials in Sinatra brcypt - to encrypt the passwords stored on the site (It hashes and also adds a salt) Data Mapper - to interact with the postgres database that was used on this project.

To run the app

$ rackup

Go to http://localhost:9292

Features:

As a Maker
So that I can post messages on Chitter as me
I want to sign up for Chitter

As a Maker
So that I can post messages on Chitter as me
I want to log in to Chitter

As a Maker
So that I can avoid others posting messages on Chitter as me
I want to log out of Chitter

As a maker
So that I can let people know what I am doing
I want to post a message (peep) to chitter

As a maker
So that I can see what others are saying
I want to see all peeps in reverse chronological order

As a maker
So that I can better appreciate the context of a peep
I want to see the time at which it was made

Notes on functionality:

The creation of this app was driven using tests - rspec and capybara
Makers sign up to chitter with their email, password, name and a user name (e.g. sam@makersacademy.com, s3cr3t, Samuel Russell Hampden Joseph, tansaku).
The username and email are unique.
Peeps (posts to chitter) have the name of the maker and their user handle.
Use bcrypt to secure the passwords.
Use data mapper and postgres to save the data.
You don't have to be logged in to see the peeps.
You only can peep if you are logged in.
In order to start a conversation as a maker I want to reply to a peep from another maker.

hvenables / chitter-challenge