cpualei / betwxd

A full-stack pixel-perfect clone of Medium.

Betwx'd

A full-stack pixel-perfect clone of Medium.

Betwx'd received it's name from the term "betwixt" meaning "in between two things". This application provides a place where people can share their thoughts, ideas, opinions and perspectives, and also browse those of others.

Live link: https://betwxd-1cf4683698b7.herokuapp.com/

Technologies used:

Application architecture:

Betwx'd is built with Flask (backend), React and Redux (frontend), and PostgresSQL (database).

Future features:

✅ To reflect the features Medium provides, I plan to implement a search function which allows writers to search other writers and articles, a "claps" feature which allows writers to "clap" (or like) a story, and profile pages for existing users where other users can view all stories that a particular writer has written.

✅ Give users ability to edit their usernames

✅ Give users ability to edit their bios

🟩 Give users ability to edit their profile pictures

Connect with me:

Linkedin | Github

Getting started:

1. Clone the main repository

   git clone https://github.com/cpualei/betwxd.git

2. Install the dependencies

   pipenv install --dev -r dev-requirements.txt && pipenv install -r requirements.txt

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

4. Setup your PostgreSQL user, password and database and make sure it matches your .env file

5. Get into your pipenv, migrate your database, seed your database, and run your flask app

   pipenv shell

   flask db upgrade

   flask seed all

   flask run

6. To run the React App in development, checkout the README inside the react-app directory.