Crankstarter

Heroku link

Trello link

Minimum Viable Product

Crank Starter is a web application inspired by Kick Starter, a crowd-funding web application, built using Ruby on Rails and React/Redux. By June 30, this app will, at a minimum, satisfy the following criteria with smooth, bug-free navigation, adequate seed data and sufficient CSS styling:

• Hosting on Heroku
• New account creation, login, and guest/demo login
• Projects
• Backing projects & rewards
• Search
• Categories
• Production README sample

Design Docs

• View Wireframes
• React Components
• API endpoints
• DB schema
• Sample State

Implementation Timeline

Phase 1: Backend setup and Front End User Authentication (2 days)

Objective: Functioning rails project with front-end Authentication

Phase 2: Projects (2 days)

Objective: Projects can be created, viewed, edited, and destroyed through the API.

Phase 3: Backing projects & rewards (2 days)

Objective: Users can back projects and receive rewards. Each pledge will increment the project's total funds raised.

Phase 4: Search (2 days)

Objective: Search bar which filters results dynamically.

Phase 5: Categories (2 days)

Objective: Display project categories via nav-bar menu. Selecting a category displays all projects under that category.

Bonus Features (TBD)

• Likes
• Credit card payments