Sinatra Startup Database & CMS

Overview

This is a simple Ruby app built with Sinatra that give users a database/directory platform in which to list their startup and find support from mentors who are also listed within the database. I organize events for Product Hunt in South Florida, and we needed a way to keep track of users wishing to list their startup and users wishing to mentor the various startups that pitch at our events.

User have the ability to:

• Create one or more directory entries for startups they are involved with (known as 'startup profiles')
• Create mentor profiles for themselves. Only one mentor profile per user account can be created.
• Appoint themselves as mentors to startups that are currently 'un-mentored'. Startups can be assigned to only one mentor at a time.
• Edit or delete their own mentor profile.
• Edit or delete startup profiles they have created as needed.
• Browse all the mentor and startup profiles within the directory when logged in.

Future improvements planned:

• Approval workflow for startup to review and consent to mentor's requests. The workflow would includes a notification/communication component to notify the ‘startup user’ of ‘mentor user’ requests, and convey approval or rejection notifications back to the mentor.
• Aggregate and display user's contributions
• Better design

Video walkthough on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTRAOBUQE5Q

Contributing

You can make a request or report a bug by creating an issue. Or write your own code an submit a pull request:

1. Fork and clone the repository, following the steps below.
2. Create a branch named after the feature or bug. For example: git checkout -b feature/new-feature or git checkout -b bug/bug-fix.
3. Write your code and commit changes with an understandable commit message.
4. Push to the branch with git push origin feature/new-feature.
5. Create a pull request: Explain the reason for the change, why the code was written the way it was, etc.

Set up

Prerequisites

• Ruby
• SQLite3

Installation

1. Fork the repository and clone it.
2. Run bundle install to install gems (If you don't have bundler, first run gem install bundler)
3. Set up the database with rake db:migrate.
4. Run shotgun to run the app locally at http://localhost:9393/. That should be it!

License

Startup CMS is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.