Mediumm
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Table of Contents
Summary
- Mediumm is clone of Medium
- Mediumm is a web application that utilizes a Basic JavaScript, PUG template, Express architecture.
Features
Medium allows users to:
- Create an account
- Log in / out
- Create a story
- Read stories
- Clap (like) a story
- Respond to stories
- Clap (like) a response
- Follow authors
- Modify their user profile
- View which stories have the most claps
MVPs
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Authentication and Authorization
- Uses Bcrypt hashing to authenticate users while not storing passwords in the database
- Ensure that any personal information can only be obtained by themselves and nobody else
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Stories
- Create / Read / Update / Delete Stories
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Responses
- Create / Read / Delete Responses
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Claps
- Able to clap a story
- Able to clap a response
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Follows
- Able to follow an author
Application Structure
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Back end
- The application's back end server was built using Express and utilizes Sequelize as the ORM for the PostgreSQL database.
- It is a RESTful structure that accepts AJAX calls using JSON.
- Server side rendering using PUG templating engine
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Front end
- The front end is built using Basic JavaScript
- Event listeners were used to give the web app a highly responsive design in order to give the user the best experience possible
- Thorough logic was used to ensure that when a clap or follow occurred in one part of the app, that it dynamically changed everywhere on the app
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Technologies
Database Schema
