Setup

# Create the test database
createdb makersbnb_test

# Create the main database
createdb makersbnb

# Install gems
bundle install

# Run the server (might need to use different terminal).
rackup

# Take note of port provided in 'INFO  WEBrick::HTTPServer#start: pid=26468 port=9292' line

# Shrekbnb can be now accessed through your browser using 
http://localhost:port
# or
http://127.0.0.1:port

# To get details on test coverage:
rspec

Built with

Main languages used:

• Ruby
  • Object-Oriented lanugage used for to handle majority of our back-end logic
• HTML/CSS
  • Markup language used for documents designed to be displayed in the web browser
• Sinatra
  • Domain-specific language used to map incoming web requests to blocks of Ruby Code

Ruby gems:

• Webrick
  • HTTP server toolkit allowing logging of server operations and HTTP access.
• Bcrypt
  • Used for password encryption
• PG
  • Used to interface with PostgreSQL RDBMS

Testing environment:

• RSpec
  • Testing tool for Ruby, created for Test Driven Development