Acebook

Running the application

• Make sure postgres is running
• createdb acebook
• brew install maven
• mvn install
• Open project in intellij
• Click the run button
• Hit http://localhost:4567/posts

Running the unit tests

• Make sure postgres is running
• createdb acebook-test
• Open project in intellij
• Go to tests and hit run button

Skills checklist

• I can create a new endpoint and render a static template view
• I can create a form which posts data to a new endpoint
• I can persist data from an endpoint into the database
• I can update the data model and database schema to include a new field

Recommended resources

• Spark docs
• Velocity template docs
• Velocity template blog post
• Velocity template + spark project example
• Flyway migrations (db schema management) docs

Posting user stories (Leatherhead)

• As a user I would like to see the latest posts listed on the acebook
• As a user I would like to create a new post and have it appear with the latest posts
• As a user I would like to be able to like a post and see the number of likes next to the post
• As a user I only want people to be able to like a post once to avoid spam
• As a user I would like to be able to make and receive comments on posts
• As a user I would like to see the date of a post

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