Yelp-Clone

Description

Makers Academy, Week 8

This is my first project working with Rails.

Learning objectives

• How to set up a Rails application from scratch
• Becoming familiar with routers, controllers, models and views
• Learning basic Rails commands for generating controllers and models
• Installing RSpec and setting up the test environment
• Changing the schema of the database and creating migrations
• Validating the integrity of user inputted data
• Understanding parent / child relationships
• Setting up a Javascript test environment with Phantom JS and Poltergeist
• Working with AJAX for customizing HTTP requests and jQuery for a nicer UX
• Continued work with Mustache templates for Javascript
• Learning more about Restful APIs
• Working with the awesomeness that is jBuilder
• Using Devise to create user accounts

Technologies used

• Ruby 2.1.1
• Ruby on Rails 4.1.0
• postgresql
• RSpec
• Capybara
• AJAX
• jQuery
• Javascript
• Mustache
• Poltergeist
• PhantomJS
• jBuilder
• HTML5 & CSS3
• Devise
• Git

How to run it

git clone git@github.com:sroop/Yelp-Clone.git
cd Yelp-Clone
bin/rails server

Open up your browser and go to localhost:3000

How to test it

git clone git@github.com:sroop/Yelp-Clone.git
cd Yelp-Clone
rspec

Pairing partner

Will Hall