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