Rails Friends

A simple Ruby on Rails application for managing your personal contacts and friends list.

See the live demo: https://railsfriends-0q8e.onrender.com

Features

• User Authentication: Secure user registration and login powered by Devise
• Friend Management: Full CRUD operations for managing friend contacts
• Personal Contact Book: Each user can manage their own private list of friends
• Contact Information: Store names, email addresses, phone numbers, and Twitter handles
• Responsive Design: Bootstrap-styled interface that works on desktop and mobile
• User Authorization: Users can only view, edit, and delete their own friend entries

Technical Stack

• Ruby on Rails 8.0.2
• SQLite3 database
• Devise for user authentication
• Bootstrap 5.3.3 for responsive UI
• Turbo & Stimulus for modern JavaScript interactions
• Importmap for JavaScript module management

Getting Started

1. Clone the repository
2. Run bundle install to install dependencies
3. Run rails db:create db:migrate to set up the database
4. Run rails server to start the application
5. Visit http://localhost:3000 and create an account to start managing your friends list

Models

• User: Handles authentication and has many friends
• Friend: Belongs to a user, stores contact information (first_name, last_name, email, phone, twitter)