Glitch Gator

'Glitch Gator' is a 'GLITCH art GenerATOR'. You can upload your own images to create glitch art, and share your results! Check out the deployed site here: https://glitchgator.com/

Screenshots

The "Home" page shows an index of all users' posts.

The preview window has a "before and after" style display, buttons for you to corrupt random bytes of data, a reset button, and a submit button. As of July 4, 2023 there is now an undo/redo feature!

Post models have full CRUDibility and ownership, meaning that the owner (and only the owner) of a post can edit or delete it.

Mobile screenshots

   

Technologies used

• Django
• PostgreSQL
• Amazon Web Services (AWS) S3 Buckets
• Python
• JavaScript
• HTML
• CSS

How to install and run this project

You must have a virtual environment setup to run this project locally. This project is made with Django/Python, so it uses the Python package manager Pip. In the project directory, you can run:

pipenv shell

to launch your virtual environment. Next, run:

pipenv install

This will install dependencies from the Pipfile. Finally, run:

python3 manage.py runserver

This will start up the server. Then, navigate to:

http://localhost:8000

You should see the home page of the app appear in your web browser.

Wireframes, diagrams, and planning materials

Please see the planning.md document for more information.

Future features/stretch goals

Ideas/plans for the future include:

• Likes on posts
• Comments on posts
• More refined glitch controls and parameters
• Tags for posts
• A search bar for tags and/or post description
• Email verification, password recovery
• Additional profile settings:
  • Bio/about section
  • Local timezone
  • Light/dark mode
  • Profile picture
  • Profile color scheme
• Continued styling updates