Facebook Clone

This project is a Facebook-like social network application built with rails. It implements the basic functionality found on the popular social media app called Facebook.

The objetive of this project is build a replica that uses​ 25  all the core logic of Facebook.

About the Project

This project is a Facebook-like social network application. In this project, users can sign up either through the app or with their facebook account. Once a user becomes a member, such user can be able to create posts and comments on other posts and in which only his/her friends can see and view. A user can also be able to post images too. A user can friend or unfriend a user. The main goal is to put in practice the main concepts of Model Associations, Session Authentications with devise gem, and units & integration testing with RSpec and Capybara.

Features

• Users can signup and send friend requests to other users.
• Posts are created by users and only a user's friend can view or see them.
• User can comment can on his/her post or on other users post.
• Users can like posts and comments.
• Users can search for other users with the search input by their names.

Data Architecture Documentation (ERD)

The image below is a copy of the Entity Relationship Diagram generated for this project.

Built With

• Ruby language,
• Ruby on Rails framework,
• Vscode for coding
• Rubocop for Validation

Live Demo

Live Demo Link

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Gems

• devise
• omniauth-facebook
• capybara
• rspec-rails

Getting started

To get started with the app, clone the repo and then install the needed gems:

$ bundle install --without production

Next, migrate the database:

$ rails db:migrate

Finally, run the test suite to verify that everything is working correctly:

$ rails test

If the test suite passes, you'll be ready to run the app in a local server:

$ rails server

For more information, see the The Odin Project.

Authors

👤 Selma Ndi

• Github: @githubhandle
• Twitter: @twitterhandle
• Linkedin: linkedin

👤 Vinicius Carvalho

• Github: @githubhandle
• Twitter: @twitterhandle
• Linkedin: linkedin

🤝 Contributing

Contributions, issues and feature requests are welcome!

Feel free to check the issues page.

Show your support

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Acknowledgments

• MicroverseInc(https://www.microverse.org/)
• Odin Project(https://www.theodinproject.com/courses/ruby-on-rails/lessons/final-project)

📝 License

This project is MIT licensed.