Viewing Party Lite

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About this Project

This is my implementation of the "Viewing Party" app at the Turing School of Software and Design. View the original project specification at: Viewing Party Lite project. Originally a pair project, this repo is a solo fork that has a Bootsrap front-end and user authentication features added.

Viewing Part Lite is an application in which users can explore movie options and create a viewing party event for themselves and other users of the application.

Learning Goals

• Consume an API with multiple endoints using principles of OOP.
• Test consumption of APIs using tools like Webmock and VCR.
• Learn and implement User Authentication, including for different user roles (admin access)
• Learn and implement Bootstrap for a professional front-end appearance.
• Use client cookies to implement a more user-friendly experience.

Setup on Local Machine

1. Clone the repository: git clone [email protected]:musselmanth/viewing_party_lite.git
2. Install dependencies: bundle install
3. Setup the PostgreSQL database: rails db:{create,migrate}
4. Optionally, test accounts can be setup by running rails db:seed. The emails and passwords to log in are listed on the app landing page.
5. View the app in your browser by running rails server and visiting http://localhost:3000

Notable Features / Accomplishments

• Fully functional Bootstrap front-end with responsive forms that diplay server-side validation errors.

• User is redirected to login page when they reach a page that require authentication. A cookie is used to then redirect them back to the page they were on once they either login or register:

• Admin can view all users dashboards as if they were logged in as them:

• API consumption is done in an organized and scalable way using services, facades, and POROs.

Future Goals

• Add remaining CRUD functionality for Viewing Parties, like adding and removing invitees once they are created
• Implement caching and other refactoring to reduce load times by minimizing external API calls.
• Experiment more with Bootstrap to make site more mobile-friendly.
• Add email features, like being able to email reminders, or using email to reset password.
• Add user profile for updating user information/password
• Additional features for admins such as deleting or modifying existing viewing parties
• Use a gem like redcarpet to display Markdown properly in Movie Reviews

Database Diagram

Tech Used

• Ruby 2.7.4
• Rails 5.2.6
• Bootstrap 5.2
• PostgreSQL
• Deployed via Heroku

Collaborators

Taryn Orlemann!

Her version of the origin paired project can be found here.

Project Wireframs

Example wireframes to follow are found here