Udacity Full Stack Web Developer Nanodegree

Item Catalog Application

By Patrick Roche | github.com/plr108 | patrick.l.roche@gmail.com

Project Overview

This repository contains my submission for the Item Catalog Application project of the Udacity Full Stack Web Developer Nanodegree.

Installing the Project

1. Download and install Vagrant
2. Download and install VirtualBox 5.1. Note: as of October 2017 newer versions of VirtualBox are do not work with the current release of Vagrant.
3. Clone the Udacity Full Stack Virtual Machine Project repository.
4. Copy all of the files in this repository into the vagrant/catalog folder of the Udacity Full Stack Virtual Machine Project.

Starting the Project

1. Open console (or Git Bash on a Windows machine) and navigate to the /vagrant subdirectory where the project files are installed.
2. Run vagrant up to start the virtual machine
3. After the Vagrant virtual machine starts, run vagrant ssh to login.
4. Run cd /vagrant/catalog to go to the project directory.
5. Run python database_setup.py to create the project's PostgreSQL database.
6. Run python database_populate.py to add categories to the database.
7. Run python application.py to start the Project
8. Navigate to http://localhost:8000 in your favorite browser to use the project.

Using the Catalog Application

1. Click the login button to login into the application via Google Sign-In.
2. Signed-In users can create, edit, and delete their own Items.
3. Items can be viewed by anyone. Click on any Category name to view related Items.
4. Click on any Item to view the item's description.