Acebook Nacho Libro

Nacho Libro Social Media Website

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We have created an application where users can interact with each other. This can be done by signing up, personalizing their profile page, creating posts, liking and commenting on other peoples posts.

Quickstart

Install Node.js

Install Node Version Manager (NVM)
```
brew install nvm
```
Then follow the instructions to update your ~/.bash_profile.
Open a new terminal
Install the latest long term support (LTS) version of Node.js, currently 16.14.0.
```
nvm install 16
```

Set up your project

Fork this repository
Rename your fork to acebook-<name>
Clone your fork to your local machine
Install Node.js dependencies
```
npm install
```
Install an ESLint plugin for your editor. For example: linter-eslint for vscode.

Install MongoDB

brew tap mongodb/brew
brew install mongodb-community@4.4

Start MongoDB

brew services start mongodb-community@4.4

Start the server

npm start

Browse to http://127.0.0.1:3000

Start test server

The server must be running locally with test configuration for the integration tests to pass.

npm run start:test

This starts the server on port 3030 and uses the acebook_test MongoDB database, so that integration tests do not interact with the development server.

How to run the tests

Run all tests
```
npm test
```

Run a check

npm run lint              # Linter only
npm run test:unit         # Unit tests only
npm run test:integration  # Integration tests only

MongoDB Connection Errors?

Some people occasionally experience MongoDB connection errors when running the tests or trying to use the application. Here are some tips which might help resolve such issues.

Check that MongoDB is installed using mongo --version
Check that it's running using brew services list
Try swapping 127.0.0.1, everywhere that it appears in your codebase, with 127.0.0.1. It might be surprising but this does sometimes make a difference.

Overview of Functionality

Sign-up and create an account
Sign-in/sign-out
View all the posts
Add a post
Add a comment
Like a post
View details about each profile
Edit user profile [profile picture | cover photo | works at | lives in | hobbies]