Library App

Library app written in Rails

Technologies Used

• Ruby on Rails (6.1.4)
• Stimulus
• PostgreSQL
• Heroku

Usage

• Install rvm and configure it.

rvm 3.2.2
rvm gemset create LibraryApp
rvm 3.2.2@LibraryApp

npm install webpack-dev-server -g

• Install bundler

gem install bundler
bundle install

• Install and configure PostgreSQL 14 for your platform

• Create database and run migrations

rails db:create
rails db:migrate

• (Optional) Seed database using values from db/seeds

rails db:seed

• Run development processes

./bin/dev

• The application is now available at http://localhost:3000!

Deployment

• Deployment uses heroku hobby dyno.
• Make sure you're logged in via the heroku-cli

heroku login

• Run migrations

heroku run rails db:migrate

• Push code to the heroku remote to deploy

git push heroku master

Roadmap

This will always be a moving target because, well, software development is an iterative process.

• i18n 🌍
• Sorting tables ⬆️⬇️
• Different permissions for librarians and admins 👨‍💻 👩‍💻
• Handle renewals as a separate entity (currently renewals are done by returning and re-borrowing the book) 🔂
• More filters 📝
• Potential optimisations ✨
  • Code splitting
  • Full text search GIN indexes
• Home page statistics 💹