tkeeching / tiny

Tiny - a lightweight app that promotes positive sharing

Tiny

A lightweight app that speaks positivity

Try it out HERE

Stack

• HTML
• CSS
• Ruby
• Sinatra
• PostgreSQL

UI Direction

Mobile first

Summary

The app lets user share word-based posts under 150 characters.

Functionality

1. Login authentication
2. Once logged in,
   • user can create a new post
   • user has the ability to 'heart' a post that they like.
   • user has the ability to delete their own post.

Issues List

• unable to log new user in after new user sign up via app UI
• app breaks when user click the login button without entering email / password
• app breaks when user click the signup button without entering the required information
• need a method to keep track of user's upvote/downvote to prevent spamming
• need a method to check for email duplicates upon new user sign up
• better date formatting for cleaner UI
• need a method to display upvote/downvote counter
• need email and username validation upon signup to prevent duplicates
• app gives internal server error when user tries to login with non-existing account
• whole page will reload when user click the heart button

Future features

• display post by number of hearts
• allow user to update their profile
• allow user to comment on posts
• allow user to share post to other platform
• display word counter when user is creating new post