A Twitter clone that allows registered users to post messages to a public stream.

Ruby, Sinatra, Postgreql, DataMapper, Rspec/Capybara, CSS, Heroku

This challenge was the first real introduction I had to the MVC pattern, and to databases within a web development context. An additional feature that I would like to implement at a later date is the ability for users to reply to one another's posts, which would be done by creating a 'comment has many replies' association.

View and interact with the web application [on heroku here](insert link)

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

• Users 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.
• Use bcrypt to secure the passwords.
• 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.

Firstly, you will need to clone this repository onto your own machine. To do this open your terminal and run the following commands:

$ git clone https://github.com/Simba14/chitter-challenge.git
$ bundle

The command 'bundle' will install the required gems as specified in the gem file. This includes Postgresql, which can be run by entering 'psql'. Then enter the following command:

$ create database chitter_development

Run the following commands:

$ rake auto_migrate
$ rspec
$ rackup