A simple, Twitter-like social network that allows users to make posts, follow other users, and “like” posts.
The code is in Python, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.
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Django templates for rendering html page with a back-end context.
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Django forms to build forms and valide them.
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Django models to store the necessary data for the web application.
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Django’s Paginator for implementing pagination on the back-end.
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Bootstrap’s Pagination for displaying pages on the front-end.
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JavaScript fetch calls (using GET and PUT requests) to asynchronously edit or like/unlike posts.
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New Post: Users who are signed in can write a new text-based post by filling in text into a text area and then clicking a button to submit the post.
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All Posts: The “All Posts” link in the navigation bar takes the user to a page where they can see all posts from all users, with the most recent posts first.
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Profile Page: Clicking on a username loads that user’s profile page.
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Following: The “Following” link in the navigation bar takes the user to a page where they see all posts made by users that the current user follows.
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Pagination: On any page that displays posts, the posts are displayed 10 on a page.
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Edit Post: : Users can click an “Edit” button on any of their own posts to edit that post.
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“Like” and “Unlike”: Users scan click a button on any post to toggle whether or not they “like” that post.