IvyMurage/maktafri_server

MaktAfri is a web-based book application that provides book readers who enjoy African novels a platform to share their reads leave reviews on a particular book and also rate it. The link below provides an api endpoint for our books # MaktAfri ## Authors: 1. Ivy Murage 2. Brian Kipkoech 3. Rachel Muriithi 4. Nelson Mutinda 5. Francis Muriithi ### General Information **MaktAfri** is a web-based book application that provides book readers who enjoy African novels a platform to share their reads leave reviews on a particular book and also rate it. We identified that there was a scarcity of platforms where African book readers can share books they have read for others to see as well as leave reviews on how they find a particular book and rate it. Most of the reading apps for books contain all genres of books from all continents. However, having a single platform where African book readers can share books and leave reviews would ease the process of looking for African books to read in different book applications. MaktAfri web-based Book Application aims to fill this gap and to unite all African book readers as a whole. ### Technologies/Features 1. React JS 2. CSS 3. Ruby 4. Figma ### Backend Setup 1. Fork and clone this repository and navigate to the local directory then run **bundle install** to install all the required gems. 2. Run "**bundle exec rake server**" to run the server on port 9292. You can also access it by clicking on this link here. ### Future Updates 1. Add update functionality to the Reviews card to allow users to update their reviews on particular books. 2. Develop a mobile application. 3. Add User Authentication to both the web and mobile versions of this application. ### Copyright and License (MIT) Copyright (c) 2022 Ivy Murage and others Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: Th …