Sow words across the blank white page, invite the creative Muse for a quick romp with a writing prompt, and allow new vocabulary to take root in memory with Word Seed, a writing goal app that is designed for writers who want to exercise their mind, hone their skills, and expand their vocabulary. Users can set a goal, see their progress, and create different notebooks to fit their creative needs.
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Demo credentials: demo@app.com | password1
Writing -- The app is open for any type of writing be it creative, general note-taking, or general writing. The notebook feature is there to divide up topics according to the user's wants.
- Users should have a way to login so that they can access their profile and data
- Users should have the ability to perform the following CRUD operations to read or modify data:
- create a notebook
- retrieve a notebook
- update notebook
- delete a notebook
- Users should have a progress bar so they can keep track of their goal.
- Users should have an autosave feature so that their writing is persisted automatically.
- Users should have a dictionary and thesaurus so that they can expand their vocabulary.
- Users should opt to get a quote or prompt when they need inspiration for their writing.
- Users should get a “CONGRATULATE” message when they meet their writing goal so that they can reuse the app and set a new goal.
- Users should be able to change their profile settings.
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The app's functionality includes:
- Users have the ability to create an account that stores information unique to them
- Users can update their address and writing goal number
- User can read, add, update, and delete notebooks
- Users can get a writing prompt
- Users can look up words in a dictionary and thesaurus
- Users can see their writing goal progress
Frontend: HTML5 | CSS3 | JavaScript ES6 | jQuery
Backend: Node.js | Express.js | Mocha | Chai | RESTful API Endpoints | MongoDB | Mongoose
Security: bcrypt.js, JWT, Passport.js in progress
App is responsive across most mobile, tablet, laptop, and desktop screen resolutions.
This is v1.0 of the app, but future enhancements may include:
- Pages for each Notebook
- Inspirational quotes and serious writing prompts
- Pick genres