/chronicle

A news tracker to provide meta-narrative to topics

Primary LanguageJavaScript

Chronicle

When it comes to news, context is everything. Chronicle helps get the whole story. Create "chronicles" by grouping articles together by a common theme or storyline. Use this app to create your own public or private chronicles and follow other users' public chronicles to get the full scoop on everything!

Functionality

  • Search for articles or public chronicles from the search bar in the header of every page
  • Create your own account to follow public chronicles, create public or private chronicles, add comments to public chronicles, upvote/downvote public chronicles, and to view other users' profile pages

Built With

  • Backend Framework: Ruby on Rails
  • Design Pattern: MVC - Models, Views, Controller
  • Special Gems
    • Owl-Carousel: For reactive sliding images
    • Figaro: To hide API keys
    • HTTParty: For API requests

Authors

Corinne Kelly Max Eingorn Rahul Mody

Acknowledgements

Inspiration for this application came from the desire to follow the news stories being published about candidates during the presidential election