jjtuttle / Life-Overflow

lifeoverflow fork

Life-Overflow

Life-Overflow is a clone off of Stack Overflow. The theme of our website is about life and users can ask questions of life related topics.

Feature List

1. New account creation, log in, log out, and guest/demo login

• Users can sign up, log in, and log out.
• Users can't use certain features without logging in.
• Logged in users are directed to their profile page which displays all question and answers that are connected to user.
• Logged out users are directed to a the home page with the most recently asked questions.

2. Ask Questions

• user can ask questions
• user can view asked questions
• user edit owned questions
• user can delete owned questions

3. Answer Questions

• user can answer questions
• user can view answers for specified question
• user can edit owned answers
• user can delete owned answers

4. Search for Questions

• guests and users can use search bar to search for question using provided parameters
• possibly limit displayed questions
• filter by different methods

5. Upvote and Downvote

• user can upvote
• user can downvote
• user can edit vote
• user can remove casted vote

6. Hosting on Heroku

Database Schema

Users

column name	data type	details
id	integer	not null, PK
username	string(25)	not null, unique
email	string(255)	not null, unique
hashedPassword	binary string	not null
createdAt	datetime	not null
updatedAt	datetime	not null

Categories

column name	data type	details
id	integer	not null, PK
name	string(50)	not null, unique
createdAt	datetime	not null
updatedAt	datetime	not null

Questions

column name	data type	details
id	integer	not null, PK
title	string(255)	not null
body	text	not null
userId	integer	not null, FK(User)
categoryId	integer	not null, FK(Category)
createdAt	datetime	not null
updatedAt	datetime	not null

Answers

column name	data type	details
id	integer	not null, PK
body	text	not null
userId	integer	not null, FK(User)
questionId	integer	not null, FK(Question)
createdAt	datetime	not null
updatedAt	datetime	not null

Votes

column name	data type	details
id	integer	not null, PK
value	boolean	not null
userId	integer	not null, FK(User)
answerId	integer	not null, FK(Answer)
createdAt	datetime	not null
updatedAt	datetime	not null

Front-end Routes

/login

This page displays a log in form

• GET /login
• POST /login

/signup

This page displays a signup form.

• GET /signup
• POST /signup

/

This is our splash page, which displays cards for each category with a hyperlink to each category, which lists every question within the category, as well as a card that leads to all the questions. Every page will have a navigation bar with login/signup or logout buttons.

• GET /

/questions & /categories/:id

These pages lists all of the questions that belongs to their respective category or all question on the /questions page. Each question has an edit and delete button if it belongs to the currently logged in user. Any user can select a question and be redirect to the questions page.

• GET /questions
• GET /categories/:id

/questions/new

This page displays a form with which a logged in user can craft a new question, as well as a navigation bar with logout button.

• GET /questions/new
• POST /questions/new

/questions/:id

This page displays individual questions with associated answers and votes, as well as a navigation bar with login/signup or logout buttons. If the logged in user owns the question, this page also displays an update and delete button. Logged in users can post answers on this page, and can vote on the answer. The logged in owners of those answers can update or delete them. Logged in users can change or remove their vote.

• GET /questions/:id
• GET api/questions/:id/answers
• POST api/questions/:id/answers
• PUT api/answers/:id
• DELETE api/answers/:id
• PUT api/answers/:id/votes

API-Routes

Answers

• Anyone can view answers on their respective question page and see it's body and vote counters.
  • GET /api/questions/:id/answers
  • GET /api/answers/:id
• A logged in user may create an answer and seeing it populate directly on the questions page without causing a refresh/redirect.
  • POST /api/questions/:id/answers
• A logged in user may edit an answer and see it change directly on the questions page without causing a refresh/redirect.
  • PUT /api/answers/:id
• A logged in user may delete an answer and see it be removed directly on the questions page without causing a refresh/redirect.
  • DELETE /api/answers/:id

Votes

• A logged in user may cast a vote, change their vote, or remove their vote on an answer and see the vote counter change directly on the questions page without causing a refresh/redirect.
  • PUT /api/answers/:id/votes