Simple Blog

Welcome to Simple Blog, a lightweight blogging platform where users can easily create, edit, and manage their articles.

Project Overview

Simple Blog aims to provide users with a straightforward platform to share their thoughts and stories. The main features include:

1. Article Creation: Users can input a title and text for their articles.
2. Article Management: Users can view their previous articles, edit them, or delete them as needed.

User Interaction

Users will interact with the application through the following client-side elements:

• Article Form: Allows users to input their username and blogname upon account creation. Also allows users to input a title and text for their articles.
• Article List: Displays a list of the user's previous articles.
• Buttons: Users can read, edit, or delete their previous articles, as well as login or logout of the app.

React Components

The application is built using React with Vite and has the following component structure:

1. App Component (Parent): Top-level component managing application state and rendering child components.
2. Login Component (Child): Displays a login screen to login or create an account.
3. CreateLogin Component (Child): Captures a users input for a username and blogname.
4. Homepage Component (Child): Displays their blogname and a list of articles created by the user.
5. CreateArticle Component (Child): Captures user input for article title and text.
6. EditArticle Component (Child): Captures user input for changing a previous article written by the user.

• 7. ReadArticle Component (Child): Displays a user selected article.

• Note: ReactMarkdown was used to display the articles in markdown format. If the user writes their article body in markdown format, the ReadArticle should display the text in accordingly.

External APIs

No external APIs are used in this project.

Express Server Routes

The Express server will handle the following routes:

• GET /: User login.
• GET /:username/articles: User's blog (user's homepage). Also displays all articles written by them.
• GET /:username/:article: User-selected article.
• POST /: Creates a user
• POST /:username: Create an article to publish.
• PUT /:username/:article: Edit an article.
• DELETE /:username/:article: Delete an article.

Database Schema

The database will consist of the following tables and columns:

User Table

• user_id: Unique identifier for each user.
• username: Username chosen by the user.
• blogname: Name of the user's blog.

Articles Table

• article_id: Unique identifier for each article.
• user_id: Foreign key referencing the user who created the article.
• title: Title of the article.
• content: Text content of the article.
• publish_date: Date when the article was published.
• edit_date: Date when the article was last edited.