Chitter Challenge

A little Twitter clone that will allow the users to post messages to a public stream. It was requested that it satisfy the following user stories:

As a Maker
So that I can post messages on Chitter as me
I want to sign up for Chitter

As a Maker
So that I can post messages on Chitter as me
I want to log in to Chitter

As a Maker
So that I can avoid others posting messages on Chitter as me
I want to log out of Chitter

As a Maker
So that I can let people know what I am doing  
I want to post a message (peep) to chitter

As a maker
So that I can see what others are saying  
I want to see all peeps in reverse chronological order

As a maker
So that I can better appreciate the context of a peep
I want to see the time at which it was made

Functionality:

• Test driven development (Rspec, Capybara)
• Makers sign up to chitter with their email, password, name and a user name (e.g. [email protected], s3cr3t, Samuel Russell Hampden Joseph, tansaku).
• The username and email are unique.
• Peeps (posts to chitter) have the name of the maker and their user handle.
• We use bcrypt to secure the passwords.
• We use data mapper and postgres to save the data.
• You don't have to be logged in to see the peeps.
• You only can peep if you are logged in.

Technologies used:

• Ruby
• Postgresql
• Datamapper
• BCrypt
• Rspec
• Capybara
• RESTful URLs
• Rake
• HTML, CSS
• SQL

How to install and run the program:

• git clone this repository
• bundle install
• create postgres databases with the names chitter_development & chitter_test
• rake auto_migrate (for the database)
• rspec
• rackup
• run app/app.rb in your terminal
• log in: localhost:4567

Interface: