ConnectedTo Project

Overview

The ConnectedTo app is a LinkedIn clone that focusing primarily on building out the user profile page. The profile page is a crucial aspect of any professional networking platform, as it showcases the user's professional background, educations, and experience.

Features

• User Authentication: Users are allowed to signup or login in to an account that takes in an email and password.
• Basic Profile Information: After login/signup, user can create a basic profile page information including their firstName, lastName, heading, and openToWork. After profile creation currentUser is allowed to modify their own profile information in the profile page.
• Education profile: currrentUser is allowed to add, modify, and delete their education in the profile page, education data takes in schoolName, degreeName, description, startYear, and endYear. Users are allowed to add multiple education on their profile pages.
• Experience profile: currrentUser is allowed to add, modify, and delete their experience in the profile page, experience data takes in companyName, position, description, startYear, and endYear. Users are allowed to add multiple experience on their profile pages.
• Visit other user's profile page: In the side bar, user can visit other user's profile page to see other's basic profile, education, and experience.

Technologies Used

• Frontend: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React.js, Redux

• Backend: Ruby on rails

• Authentication: bcrypt

• Database: PostgreSQL Database

• Deployment: Render.com

Local Setup Instruction

1. Clone the repository git clone https://github.com/ziyanwang1105/full-stack-project-linkedin-clone.git
2. Install backend dependency bundle install
3. Database migration rails db:migrate
4. Setup seeding for the website rails db:seed
5. Run the application rails s

Active Page Link

The website is hosting at render.com. The active link is below:

ConnectedTo