apizarro23 / chirpchirp

chirpchirp- twitter clone

chirpchirp

Live Site: chirpchirp

chirpchirp is a full-stack clone of Twitter. Users can view chirps as well as send, edit, and delete their own. Users can also comment on other users chirps.

Languages, Frameworks, Platforms and Libraries

Languages

Backend

Frontend

Hosting

Wiki Links:

• chirpchirp Wiki
• Database Schema
• MVP Features List
• User Stories

Features

Login or Signup as a New User

Chirp Feed with Create a New Chirp

Chirp Details with Create a New Comment

Chirp Edit/Delete

Comment Edit/Delete

Steps to clone locally:

1. Clone this repository:

git clone https://github.com/apizarro23/chirpchirp.git

2. Install backend dependencies:

pipenv install -r requirements.txt

3. Create a .env file based on the example with proper settings for development environment:

SECRET_KEY=INSERT_SECRET_KEY_HERE
DATABASE_URL=sqlite:///dev.db

4. Start pipenv, migrate database, seed database, and run Flask app:

pipenv shell
flask db upgrade
flask seed all
flask run

5. Install frontend dependencies:

cd react-app/
npm install
npm start

6. Navigate to localhost:3000

Helpful commands

Command	Purpose
pipenv shell	Open your terminal in the virtual environment and be able to run flask commands without a prefix
pipenv run	Run a command from the context of the virtual environment without actually entering into it. You can use this as a prefix for flask commands
flask db upgrade	Check in with the database and run any needed migrations
flask db downgrade	Check in with the database and revert any needed migrations
flask seed all	Just a helpful syntax to run queries against the db to seed data. See the app/seeds folder for reference and more details
heroku login -i	Authenticate your heroku-cli using the command line. Drop the -i to authenticate via the browser
heroku authorizations:create	Once authenticated, use this to generate an Oauth token
heroku run -a <app name>	Run a command from within the deployed container on Heroku