Readnest

A nest for readers and writers, discover, share, and celebrate literature together.

Live website: www.readnest.fr

Readnest

Readnest is a community platform dedicated to literature, connecting readers, publishing houses, and bookshops through inspiring literary reviews, recommendations, and more.

Features

• Publish and browse literary chronicles
• User profiles with avatar and bio
• Publishing house and bookshop partners
• Advanced search (users, chronicles, publishing houses, bookshops)
• Notifications (likes, comments, follows)
• Private messaging
• Bookshop geolocation on interactive map

Installation

1. Requirements

   • Ruby 3.x
   • Rails 7.x
   • PostgreSQL
   • Node.js & Yarn

2. Clone the project

   git clone https://github.com/your-username/readnest.git
   cd readnest

3. Install dependencies

   bin/setup

4. Setup the database

   rails db:prepare

5. Start the server

   rails server

Configuration

• Environment variables (e.g. Cloudinary, SendGrid) should be set in .env.
• For email delivery, configure your keys in config/environments/production.rb.

Testing

To run the test suite:

rails test

Deployment

Deployed on Heroku

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Open an issue.

https://github.com/AldjiaDev/readnest/issues

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For any questions, contact the Readnest team : Aldjia Dev