Recurring Disco Blog
Overview
Recurring Disco Blog is an experimental project using the Recurly.js library to implement a Recurly payment gateway. The blog allows subscribing (recurring) users to read and comment on blog posts about disco, while non-recurring users are directed to log in or register. Concepts implemented include sessions, authorization, authentication, query caching, relational databases, testing, and RESTful design. The project was done in just over a day, so certain factors were unable to be addressed due to time (such as more intricate styling).
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To see blog posts and comment, log in as a recurring user with the following credentials:
email: test_1@gmail.com, password: password -
To see paywalls and Recurly redirects, register and login as a new user.
Production Links
Full Stack Application
Setup
Git Setup
$ git clone https://github.com/Mycobee/recurring-disco
$ cd recurring-disco
$ bundle install
Database & Models
$ bundle exec rails db:create
$ bundle exec rails db:migrate
$ bundle exec rails db:seed
Testing
$ bundle exec rspec
Versions
Rails 6.0.1
Bundler 2.0.2
Testing
RSpec was used to test all models and features. Edge cases were also covered, as well as many form validations and authorization based on session.
Schema
To view schema, run open active_designer/index.html from the root path of the project
Tech Stack
- Ruby On Rails
- RSpec
- PostgreSQL
- ActiveRecord
- JavaScript
- Recurly.js
- Bcrypt
- HTML5/CSS3
- Heroku PaaS
Project Boards
Recurring Disco Board
Features
Navigation
As a visitor:
I see a navigation bar
This navigation bar includes links for the following:
- a link to return to the welcome / home page of the application ("/")
- a link to browse all articles ("/articles")
- a link to log in ("/login")
- a link to the user registration page ("/register")
As a non-recurring user:
I see a navigation bar
This navigation bar includes links for the following:
- a link to return to the welcome / home page of the application ("/")
- a link to browse all articles ("/articles")
- a link to log out ("/logout")
- a link to join with recurly ("/join")
As a recurring user:
I see a navigation bar
This navigation bar includes links for the following:
- a link to return to the welcome / home page of the application ("/")
- a link to browse all articles ("/articles")
- a link to log out ("/logout")
User Registration
As a visitor
When I click on the 'register' link in the nav bar
Then I am on the user registration page
And I see a form where I input the following data:
- name
- street address
- my city
- state
- code
- email
- password
- a confirmation field for my password
When I fill in this form completely, and with a unique email address not already in the system, my details are saved in the database.
I am logged in as a registered user
I am taken to the articles path
I see a flash message indicating that I am now registered and logged in
User Login
As a visitor
When I visit the login path
I see a field to enter my email address and password
When I submit valid information
I am redirected to my profile page
If I am an admin user, I am redirected to the root path
And I see a flash message that I am logged in
User Logout
As a registered user or admin
When I visit the logout path
I am redirected to the welcome / home page of the site
And I see a flash message that indicates I am logged out
Articles Index Page
As a visitor or registered user
When I click on the 'articles' link in the nav bar
I am on the articles index page
I see each article in the database with the following information
- Title as a show page link
- Preview of body
Articles Show Page
As a logged in recurring user on the articles index page,
When I click on an article show page link,
I am on that article's show page,
I see the title and full body of the article
If I am not logged in, I am redirected to the login page
If I am not recurring, I am redirected to the recurly page
Recurring user can add comments
As a logged in recurring user on an article show index page,
I see all comments for that articles,
I can fill in a form and post a comment
Activate Recurring User
As a logged in but non recurring visitor, I see a link to `Join` in my navbar, which directs me to `/recurly/new`
This page lands me at a Recurly form where I can enter the following card information to subscribe:
- first name
- last name
- card number
- expiration
- CVV