Follow the Money

Budgeting web app written in Ruby, using Sinatra web framework, a PostgreSQL database and a HTML5/CSS3 front-end, built in the MVC design pattern.

• Set a monthly budget, add items as you purchase them, keep track of spending across time, product type, vendor and necessity, and receive warning when exceeding budget.

Getting Started

• Clone the project
• in terminal:

• createdb follow_the_money
• psql -d follow_the_money -f db/follow_the_money.sql
• ruby db/seeds.rb
• psql follow_the_money new tab
• ruby app.rb

• Open browser http://localhost:4567/

Prerequisites

• Ruby
• Terminal
• Sinatra
• PSQL

Built With

• Ruby - written in
• PSQL - Database
• PG gem - Ruby interface for PSQL
• Sinatra - Ruby web framework
• minitest - Ruby testing framework

Author

• Stuart Bryce - All things - StuCorp

Acknowledgments

• Table adapted from https://codepen.io/anon/pen/awZKoN?editors=1100*/

Screenshots

Item tags

Add new transaction

New transaction presented on view

New transaction stored in database