Miki96/art-station

Online platform for creating and sharing artistic sketches directly in browser.

Art Station

Art Station is an online platform for creating and sharing artistic sketches directly in browser.

Features

• Sketch system with different brushes and colors
• Wall with all created sketches
• Favourites list
• Like/Dislike system
• Profile page with basic info and user sketches

Requirements

Back End

• redis-cli
• Node.js
• npm

Front End

• Node.js
• npm

Project Setup

Back End

To serve the API locally, start the Redis server by running:

sudo service redis-server restart

Then, install all required dependencies by running the following command in the /back directory:

npm install

Finally, in the same directory, start the Node.js server with:

node server.js

Front End

To serve the front-end part of the application, first install all required dependencies by running the following command in the /front directory:

npm install

Then, in the same directory, start the application by running:

npm run serve

Initialize Database (optional)

To initialize redis database with several accounts and sketches, execute the following command in the /back directory:

node init.js