📗 Table of Contents

• 📖 About the Project
  • 🛠 Built With
  • Key Features
  • Future Features
• 💻 Getting Started
  • Setup
  • Prerequisites
  • Usage
• 👥 Authors
• 🤝 Contributing
• ⭐️ Show Your Support
• 📜 License

📖 About the Project

BlogApp An innovative web application built on Ruby on Rails, designed to empower you in establishing and maintaining a dynamic blog platform.

🛠 Built With

Constructed with Ruby on Rails, an influential web framework celebrated for its user-friendly and efficient nature.

Key Features

• ✅ Interactive commentary system for engaging with articles.
• ✅ Favoriting and unfavoriting articles.
• ✅ Adaptable web design for various devices.
• ✅ Reliable error management and data validation.

🔭 Future Features

• Advanced text editor for styling articles. ✅
• Sharing articles on social media platforms. ✅
• API connections to facilitate external integrations. ✅

💻 Getting Started

To get started with the Blog App, follow the instructions below:

Prerequisites

Before you can run the Blog App, make sure you have the following prerequisites:

• ✅ Ruby: Ensure that Ruby is installed on your machine. If it's not installed, you can download and install it from the official Ruby website.

• ✅ Ruby on Rails: You'll need the Ruby on Rails framework installed. If you don't have it yet, you can install it using the following command:

  gem install rails
  

• ✅ PostgreSQL: This project assumes the use of PostgreSQL as the default database. You can download PostgreSQL from the official PostgreSQL website.

1. To install ruby on windows using WSL:

  - Install WSL, So Open powershell as admin and run: wsl --install
  - Restart the computer , it will continue ubuntu installation
  - Add user name and password

2. After WSL installion:

  - Open Ubuntu terminal and run following commands:
    - (Optional) Update Ubuntu: 
        sudo apt update
        sudo apt upgrade
    - Install Ruby:
        sudo apt install ruby
    - Verify installation:
        ruby --version
    - Install package manager:
        sudo gem install bundler

🛠 Setup

1. ✔ Clone the project repository:

   git clone git@github.com:Alibaba2023/blog_app.git

2. ✔ Navigate to the project folder:

   cd blog_app

📖 Usage

To get a local copy up and running, follow these steps. Choose the directory on your local machine where you want to copy the project. For example:

cd /home/user/name-of-your-directory

Start the Rails server:

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rails server

Open your web browser and go to http://localhost:3000 to access the Blog App.

👥 Authors

👤 Ali Baba Hussaini

• GitHub: @Alibaba2023
• LinkedIn Alibaba Hussaini

👤 Hajnalka Oltyan

• GitHub: @hajnaloltyan
• LinkedIn: Hajnal Oltyan

🤝 Contributing

Contributions, issues, and feature requests are welcome! Feel free to check the issues page and contribute to the project.

⭐️ Show Your Support

If you find this project helpful, consider giving it a ⭐️ to show your support!

Acknowledgments

We would like to express our gratitude to the Ruby community and Microverse for the readme template.

📜 License

This project is MIT licensed.