====== A simple blog that has articles, commenting and email subscription for notifications of new articles.

• User can create, modify and delete articles.
• SEO-friendly URLs.
• Article body is written and rendered in Markdown.
• Visitors can leave comments on the articles.
• Visitors can subscribe to the blog with their email address.
• Subscribers are sent an email notification when a new article is posted.
• Subscription emails contain a link that can be clicked to view the article.
• Subscription emails contain a link that can be clicked to unsubscribe.

• Rails 4.2.0
• Ruby 2.3.1
• Rspec 3.5.3
• Capybara
• Postgresql
• Bootstrap-sass
• Friendly-Id (For SEO-friendly URLs)
• Redcarpet (For rendering Markdown)

Clone the repository:

$ git clone https://github.com/mzishtiaq/Blog.git
$ cd Blog

Get the required gems:

$ bundle install

Create the database:

$ rake db:create
$ rake db:migrate

Configure the email securely:

$ bundle exec figaro install

Add your gmail credentials to config/application.yml using environment variables. Please make sure you have allowed "Access for less secure apps". To do so, please sign in your gmail account and click here

Run the rails server:

$ bin/rails s

Open another terminal window

$ open http://localhost:3000 //OS X
$ xdg-open http://localhost:3000 //Linux

Run the tests using rake:

$ rake