Item-Catalog-Project-4---FSND---Udacity

Overview of the Project:

An application that provides a list of items within a variety of categories as well as provide a user registration and authentication system. Registered users will have the ability to post, edit and delete their own items.

Why I made this Project?

Modern web applications perform a variety of functions and provide amazing features and utilities to their users. But deep down, it’s really all just CRUD creating, reading, updating and deleting data. In this project, I am combining knowledge of building dynamic websites with persistent data storage to create a web application that provides a compelling service to the users.

What I have Learned?

I have learned to develop a RESTful web application using the Python framework Flask along with implementing third-party OAuth authentication. I have also learned when to properly use the various available HTTP methods and how these methods relate to CRUD (create, read, update and delete) operations.

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Getting Started - Run the application 🏃

PreRequisites

• Python ~2.7
• VirtualBox
• Vagrant

Setup Project:

1. Install Vagrant and VirtualBox.
2. Download or Clone fullstack-nanodegree-vm repository, which contains virtual machine configuration files.
3. Find the catalog folder in the repository downloaded in step 2 and replace it with the content of this repository, by either downloading or cloning it.

Launch Project

1. Go to vagrant directory and launch the Vagrant VM using command:

  $ vagrant up

2. SSH into the running machine:

  $ vagrant ssh

3. Run your application

  $ python /vagrant/catalog/application.py

4. Access and test your application by visiting http://localhost:5000.

Build with

• Python IDLE
• Microsoft VSCode
• Google Chrome
• freeCodeCamp radio

Acknowledgments

Hat tip to Udacity's Full Stack Web development team and to anybody who helped me. 👏👏👏