littlethao / chitter-challenge

Build a Twitter Clone!

Chitter Challenge

Weekend 4 challenge is to write a little Twitter clone named 'Chitter' that will allow the users to post messages (peep) to a public stream.

User Stories:

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 technologies:

• Capybara
• RSpec
• Sinatra
• DataMapper as ORM
• Rake
• BCrypt to hash user password

##Installation instructions:

1. git clone https://github.com/littlethao/chitter-challenge.git
2. bundle install
3. psql postgres => CREATE DATABASE chitter_development;
4. rake db:auto_migrate RACK_ENV=development
5. rspec
6. ruby app/app.rb
7. Visit in your browser: http://localhost:4567/peeps

Notes on further steps

Currently, there is no link from the home path '/' to other paths of this app as yet. Further implementation also required on the visual layout and response functionality, and finally, refactoring is still needed for skinny controllers. These are steps, I'd wish to take to finalise this project.