Novel Bingo (Under Construction)

http://novelbingo.com (eventually)

The initial idea for Novel Bingo came from Reddit's r/fantasy reading bingo. Basically it gets you to get out of your comfort zone and lets you read books in categories that you normally wouldn't. I got super into it in 2020, what with the pandemic and all but didn't love using a simple spreadsheet to keep track of it. That's where Novel Bingo comes in. It allows users to create a new bingo with different book categories (so not just r/fantasy's bingo), or join an existing one. Users can choose a books for a square and pull data via Google Books API. You can also get recommendations for books that fit a square based on how many times other users have selected books.

Setup Instructions

1. Clone repo
2. Install rbenv
   • Install ruby-2.7.2
3. Install postgres
   • Make sure your root username has psql createdb permission ALTER USER user CREATEDB;
4. Set up ruby environment:
   • bundle update --bundler
   • bundle install
5. Create .env from env.example file
6. Set up database:
   • rake db:migrate
   • rake db:seed
7. Start rails:
   • rails s

Stack

• Ruby
• Rails
• Postgres
• Heroku
• Google Books API