jofiel-nguyen/techblogwren

In the tech industry, writing about technology is just as vital as coding it. Developers spend a significant amount of time crafting applications and debugging code. Still, they also dedicate time to explore, learn, and share their insights into technical concepts, recent advancements, and emerging technologies.

Tech Blog

Overview

This repository hosts the code for a tech blog project. In the ever-evolving world of technology, sharing knowledge and experiences is essential. This project aims to provide a platform for developers to create, publish, and engage with technical content.

Project Description

In the tech industry, writing about technology is just as vital as coding it. Developers spend a significant amount of time crafting applications and debugging code. Still, they also dedicate time to explore, learn, and share their insights into technical concepts, recent advancements, and emerging technologies.

Objective

The primary objective of this project is to build a Content Management System (CMS)-style blog site. It draws inspiration from popular platforms like WordPress, where developers can publish their blog posts and engage with others by commenting on their posts.

Key Features

• User Authentication: The project incorporates user authentication, allowing registered users to create, edit, and delete their blog posts.

• Blog Post Management: Users can create new blog posts, edit existing ones, and delete posts they no longer wish to maintain.

• Comments: Developers can engage in discussions by leaving comments on each other's blog posts.

• MVC Architecture: The project follows the Model-View-Controller (MVC) architectural pattern, ensuring a clear separation of concerns in the codebase.

• Handlebars.js Templating: Handlebars.js is used as the templating language to dynamically generate HTML for the application.

• Sequelize ORM: Sequelize is employed as the Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) tool for managing the database.

• Express-session: The express-session npm package is utilized for user authentication and session management.

Project Preview

Here's a brief preview of the application:

You can access the live project via this link: Tech Blog

Getting Started

To run this project locally or deploy it to your own server, follow these steps:

1. Clone this repository: git clone https://github.com/nhunguyen-debug/MVC-From-Rice-Wren.git
2. Install the necessary dependencies: npm install
3. Configure your database settings in the .env file.
4. Run the application: npm start

Make sure you have Node.js and npm (Node Package Manager) installed on your system before proceeding.

Contribution

Contributions to this project are welcome. If you'd like to contribute, please follow these guidelines:

1. Fork the repository.
2. Create a new branch for your feature: git checkout -b feature-name
3. Make your changes and commit them: git commit -m 'Description of changes'
4. Push your changes to your fork: git push origin feature-name
5. Create a Pull Request against the main branch of this repository.

Please ensure your code follows best practices and includes appropriate comments and documentation.

Issues and Support

If you encounter any issues or have questions about the project, please create an issue on this repository. We'll do our best to address them.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.