iarobinson/flux-capacitr

A Tumblr clone built in Rails and Backbone.js

Flux-capacitr

I built Flux-capacitr as my final project during the August 2014 cohort of App Academy. It is a clone of Tumblr built in Ruby on Rails and Backbone.js.

Live demo!

Design Docs

• View Wireframes
• DB schema

Features

User Authentication

Passwords are hashed using BCrypt; plaintext passwords are never persisted to the database. A user is considered "signed in" if the session token stored in the cookie matches the one stored in the database. This token is reset upon sign in/sign out.

JSON API

CRUD of blogs and posts is mediated through a RESTful API. User privileges are enforced at the controller level to prevent unauthorized creation, update, and destruction.

Markdown Formatting

Bootstrap Markdown is integrated into the New/Edit Post forms, providing a user-friendly way to input and preview posts. Markdown.js is used to parse and escape post content into HTML in the Show view.

Image Upload

Users can upload avatars or inline images through a modal view provided by the Filepicker widget.

Searching and Filtering

Users can search for blogs and posts through a unified search toolbar. It is also possible to select one or more tags to filter a collection of posts. The filtering occurs in real time, with no need to request additional data from the server until the end of the page is reached.