Binsta is a Fullstack CRUD-application where users can upload and share code snippets with a Instagram-like UI

Build with selfbuild PHP MVC-framework: Twig Templates, RedBeanPHP-ORM and Tailwind CSS

• User Authentication

  • User registration and login
  • User can update username, password or bio
  • User can upload a profile picture
  • Users can search for other users using the top search bar

• Code snippets

  • Add, edit and like code snippet posts
  • Users may comment under posts
  • Users may fast-copy code snippets, or:
  • Users may fork snippet posts
  • User can click to the user's profile via the post
  • Posts are labeled through programming language tags

• Database management

  • Managed by RedBeanPHP-ORM
  • Seeder available for testdata: seeder.php

• Backend Framework: Selfbuild PHP MVC-Framework
• Template Engine: Twig
• Database ORM: RedBeanPHP
• Database: MySQL
• CSS: Tailwind CSS

1. Clone this repository
2. Configure your webserver (like apache), or create a virtual host to point to the public folder
3. Install dependencies:

composer install

4. Set up MySQL database:
   • Create a database called 'binsta'
   • Create a .env file by running:

    cp ./.env.example ./.env
   

   • Configure database in .env:

     DB_HOST="localhost"
     // etc...

5. Seed the database:

   php seeder.php
   

1. Serve the application:

php -S localhost:8000 -t public

1. Start your web server (like apache)

2. Open the app in your browser: localhost

3. Default test user's login:

   • Username: test
   • Password: test

   OR:

   • Username: future-tech-leader
   • Password: password

4. While updating styling in twig templates, run this command for Tailwind CSS to dynamically update styles.css (for development):

./tailwindcss -i ./public/resources/css/input.css -o ./public/resources/css/styles.css --watch

Feel free to create issues or pull requests