BookLists

An application for users to create multiple lists of books from the Google Books API.

The deployed version can be found at: https://simple-booklister.herokuapp.com

Requirements

• Node 0.10.x
• MYSQL 5.x
• npm 2.10.x

To run locally:

Step 1: Clone the repo to a local directory on your computer

$ git clone https://github.com/dgdblank/Booklists.git

Step 2: Install Dependencies

$ npm install

Step 3: Open a new terminal window to start mySQL and log in

$ mysql.server start
$ mysql -u root

Step 4: Create a local database called 'booklists' from within mySQL

mysql> CREATE DATABASE booklists;
mysql> use booklists;

Step 5: Set up your NODE_ENV variable for the development environment

run "$export NODE_ENV=development"

Step 6: Run server.js from the server directory

$ node server/server.js

Step 7: Navigate to localhost:5000 and signup for an account!

Features to Add:

1. Notifications for when books are successfully added to the list.
2. Error messages when user does not have a list or book has already been added. Also, for login and signup.
3. View additional book information upon selection.
4. Removing books form lists
5. Addings books after clicking on a newly created list.