Films with Friends - a social movie rating app

Films with Friends is an app for rating and talking about movies that lets members post twitter-style hot takes on movies, share said reviews with friends for comments and discussion, and maintain lists of movies seen and movies yet-to-watch

Demo Login: demo@gmail.com | Password: Demo2020

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how to set up on your local machine

• $ git clone this repo
• $ cd into new folder created
• run $ npm install
• ask devs for the .env file with API keys, etc
• create and populate .env file in root folder
• run $ npm start
• to begin, login in with email or Google

mvp features

• allow user login
• allow user log-out
• allow user to search for a movie
• allow user to post movie review
• allow user to post movie rating
• allow user to comment on another's review
• allow user to create a profile
• allow user to add movie to watch-list
• allow user to add movie to already-watched list
• allow user to comment
• allow CRUD of movies, at least on backend
• user view profile page
• working db integration with Firebase

further goals

• allow users to friend other users
• refactor in React Native and React Native Web
• switch API to GraphQL
• metrics?
• recommend movies to users based on past ratings
• advanced features utilizing "friends" lists
• monetize!

user stories

• user logs on, sees themed splash page
• user makes account or signs in with google
• user greeted with Activity Feed of reviews
• user comments on reviews, maybe
• (for production) user prompted to add their friends?
• user searches for a movie
• user rates / reviews a movie
• user adds other movies to their to-watch list
• user views / modifies their profile
• user logs oout

Models and Properties

1. Users
   • displayName(username)
   • photoURL(profile picture)
   • watched(list)
   • ratings
   • watchlist
   • friendlist
2. Posts
   • comments
3. Ratings
   • movies

Technologies included & to include

• React
• Firebase
• Bootstrap
• React-Router-DOM
• React Hooks
• Axios
• Sass
• Moment.js
• Styled Components
• Toastify
• React-icons
• React-rating-stars
• React-pro-sidebar
• React-avatar
• GraphQL (pending)
• Apollo
• React Native (pending)
• React Native Web (pending)

wireframes

• https://www.figma.com/file/PpaAeGlhBMedshMbBAuJ37/Untitled?node-id=0%3A1

ERDs

• see ERDs document [TBC]

Future Plans

• Add graphQL with Firebase?
• Refactor into React-Native