x0can / bloggers

This is a flask application that allows writers to post blogs, edit and delite blogs. It also allows users who have signed up to comment on the blogs that has been posted by a writer. It also allows a person to subscribed to recieve email everytime a new blog is posted by a writer.

BLOGGERS

Author

Alex-Mwaura

Description

This is a flask application that allows writers to post blogs, edit and delete blogs. It also allows users who have signed up to comment on the blogs that has been posted by a writer. It also allows a person who has subscribed to recieve email everytime a new blog is posted by a writer.

Live Link

View Site

User Story

• A user can view the most recent posts.
• View and comment the blog posts on the site.
• A user should receive an email alert when a new post is made by joining a subscription.
• Register to be allowed to log in to the application
• A user sees random quotes on the site
• A writer can create a blog from the application and delete blogs they have created.

BDD

Behaviour	Input	Output
Load the page	On page load	Select between signup and login
Select SignUp	Email,Username,Password	Redirect to login
Select Login	Email and password	Redirect to page with blogs that have been posted by writes and be able to subscribe to the blog
Select comment button	Comment	Form that you input your comment
Click on submit		Redirect to that specific comment and its post, delete button for comment enabled
Subscription	Email Address	Send Email for every new blog added

Development Installation

To get the code..

1. Cloning the repository:

https://github.com/alexmwaura/BLOGGERS

2. Move to the folder and install requirements

cd BLOGGERS
pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Exporting Configurations

export SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI=postgresql+psycopg2://{User Name}:{password}@localhost/{database name}

4. Running the application

python manage.py server

5. Testing the application

python manage.py test

Open the application on your browser 127.0.0.1:5000.

Technology used

• Python3.6
• Flask
• Heroku

Known Bugs

• There are no known bugs currently but pull requests are allowed incase you spot a bug

Contact Information

If you have any question or contributions, please email me at [[email protected]]

License

• MIT License:
• Copyright (c) 2019 Alex Mwaura