Banterbird Starter 🐦

Welcome to Banterbird, a mini social media web app built with Flask and vanilla JavaScript.

🚀 Project Overview

This is the starter version of the app that simulates a X-like feed. It currently features:

• A hardcoded user (admin)
• One hardcoded post rendered on page load
• A basic "New Post" form (not yet connected to backend or persistent storage)

🏗️ Technologies Used

• Python (Flask)
• HTML + JavaScript
• DOM manipulation using JS templates

📦 Setup Instructions

1. Clone or fork this repository.
2. Navigate to the project folder.
3. Install Flask:

   pip install flask

4. Run the Flask app:

   python app.py

5. Open your browser to http://127.0.0.1:5000/

🛠️ Next Steps

This project will be extended to include:

• Persistent storage (JSON or database)
• Secure user input handling
• Feature expansion based on student ideas
• Security hardening (XSS protection, CSRF handling, etc.)

🎯 Student Tasks

As part of the project, you'll:

• Suggest and implement new features
• Analyze and fix security flaws
• Collaborate using a shared Trello board

Happy hacking!

— Built for ASCTE Cyber 301