Books to All!

Overview

Here are the specific user stories implemented for this project:

• User Story: I can view all books posted by every user.
• User Story: I can add a new book.
• User Story: I can update my settings to store my full name, city, and state.
• User Story: I can propose a trade and wait for the other user to accept the trade.

Quick Start Guide

Prerequisites

In order to use books-to-all, you must have the following installed:

• Node.js
• NPM
• MongoDB
• Git

Installation & Startup

To install this app, simply enter the below in the terminal window:

$ git clone https://github.com/Juancard/books-to-all your-project

To install the dependencies, enter the following in your terminal:

$ cd your-project
$ npm install

This will install the books-to-all components into the your-project directory.

Local Environment Variables

Create a file named .env in the root directory. This file should contain:

GOODREADS_KEY=your-client-id-here
GOODREADS_SECRET=your-client-secret-here
MONGO_URI=mongodb://localhost:27017/books-to-all
NODE_ENV='development'
PORT=8080
APP_URL=http://localhost:8080/

Starting the App

To start the app, make sure you're in the project directory and type node server.js into the terminal. This will start the Node server and connect to MongoDB.

You should the following messages within the terminal window:

Node.js listening on port 8080...

Next, open your browser and enter http://localhost:8080/. Congrats, you're up and running!

License

MIT License. Click here for more information.