Next step in building erdemtu.com is listing the features and deciding on the technology to implement the functionality. My previous post should be helpful.

Features

  • Create, edit, draft & publish blog posts.
    • Blog posts should have tags and categories.
  • Create & edit portfolio items.
    • Portfolio items should have categories.
  • Create & edit page items.
  • Markdown editor for inputting content.
    • Should be able to upload images.
    • Should be able to migrate old content.
  • Paths should be the same as Jekyll.
  • Authentication for admin panel.
    • Should be able change password for the panel.
    • Should be able reset password with email.

That’s it for the features. They cover most of the purposes I outlined earlier. Should be enough of an exercise to begin with. Showing off part is the design part.

Technology

I am planning on using Vapor for backend. I already know Swift so I can focus on learning backend stuff. Vapor is not that mature but it should be fine for such a simple site.

For frontend I am considering React but Angular is tempting as well. I’ll pick React for now. Could be useful to know React, in case I wanted to learn React Native.

Next Steps

Next time I’ll write about the design of site. A wireframing is the more traditional route but with such simple site, I’ll probably get on with the design of each page.