ROADMAP.md

Roadmap

[x] Project definition

Build an URL shortener based on the following user stories:

• Anonymous URL shortening As an anonymous user, I want to get a shorter URL for an URL of my choice so that I can share it with other people.
• Authenticated URL list As a logged in user, I want to see all the URLs I have previously shortened so that I can share them again.
• Authenticated URL removal As a logged in user, I want to delete an existing shortened URL so that people cannot access it anymore.

Relevant resources:

• Polr: open source link shortener.
• Polr demo instance

[x] Frontend and backend app setup.

Relevant resources:

• Bocadillo CLI
• Vue CLI: Creating a project

Anonymous URL shortening

• Create basic URL form
• Tie "Submit" button to a fetch() call.
• Implement basic form of the endpoint in backend.
• Add CORS.
• Creation of link hashes: hashids.
• Storage of links: Bocadillo + orm.
• Display link hash in frontend.
• Redirect to original URL when accessing hash.

Better styling

• Add Bulma.
• Refactor components: Hero, Form, Result. Use Bulma styles.
• Add copy-to-clipboard with clipboard.js.
• Change background color on success (Provide/inject)

Authenticated URL view

TODO

Authenticated URL removal

TODO

Ideas for future development

• Allow users to provide a custom URL hash (e.g. my-url) and check for its availability.