pablovallejo / fun

Wall messages app with authentication built with Node JS, Backbone and MongoDb. Ready to be deployed to Heroku

Fun

NodeJS Wall messages app with user access control. The main database system is MongoDb which stores users details and messages. In the Front-end, Backbone is used to handle the interaction. Some concepts has been adapted from WordPress and Twitter Bootstrap.

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Quick start

# Clone the repo
$ git clone https://github.com/PabloVallejo/Fun.git

$ cd Fun

# Install packages
$ npm install

Initialize

Just initialize MongoDb and then, the application using node app from within the root of the repository. That's it, now you can go to http://localhost:3000 and use the app.

# Start MongoDb
$ c:/mongodb/bin/mongod.exe
    
# Start app
$ node app

Deploying to Heroku

Fun can be deployed to Heroku pretty easy. Just clone the repository, create a Heroku app, add MongoLab addon to it so that it can use MongoDb and you're done. Then you can push your app.

Clone the repository

$ git clone https://github.com/PabloVallejo/Fun.git

# Change directory to Fun
$ cd Fun

Create a Heroku app

$ heroku apps:create myapp

# Add MongoLab to it
$ heroku addons:add mongolab

Publish it

$ git push heroku master

Requirements

MongoDb and Node JS are required to run this app.

• MongoDb
• Node JS

fun's Issues

Show message on username already registered

Fix saving posted messages on database

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