A message board application

message-board-app-guidance.md

Create a messaging app

Objectives

• Use a problem solving approach to implement user requirements
• Build a web app

Constraints

• 1: In order to access more requirements, let me know when you’re done
  • I'll need up-to-date documentation to know how to run your app
• 2: There are no steps/walkthroughs
• 3: Afternoon pairing - equal commits.
• 4: All work must be test-driven

Requirements

• User sees the home page at the index where it has
  • A heading
  • A form
  • All the messages with a timestamp in reverse chronological order(newest at the top)
• User can input text of a message
• User can submit the form and see the new message at the top of the previous messages

How to unblock yourself

• Tues / Wed / Thurs 10 - 12noon Walk-in Q&A with @edward

Keys to success

• Follow BDD
• Focus on pairing well and getting better at communicating
• Reflect on your learning and problem-solving process - and actively seek to improve them
• Keep tasks *as simple as possible

Planning -

In your pairs, you should both be aligned on the following. If you're not drawing diagrams for each other on paper - something's not happening!

• User stories
• Diagram what it’s going to look like
  • What pages - rough sketches
• Diagram some typical requests and responses - the flow of data through your app
• Some first tests

Further Requirements

• See @edward