User Stories.md

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User Stories

Users

Sign Up

• As an unregistered and unauthorized user, I want to be able to sign up for the website via a sign-up form.
  • When I'm on the /signup page:
    • I would like to be able to enter my email, username, and preferred password on a clearly laid out form.
    • I would like the website to log me in upon successful completion of the sign-up form.
      • So that I can seamlessly access the site's functionality
  • When I enter invalid data on the sign-up form:
    • I would like the website to inform me of the validations I failed to pass, and repopulate the form with my valid entries (except my password).
    • So that I can try again without needing to refill forms I entered valid data into.

Log in

• As a registered and unauthorized user, I want to be able to log in to the website via a log-in form.
  • When I'm on the /login page:
    • I would like to be able to enter my email and password on a clearly laid out form.
    • I would like the website to log me in upon successful completion of the lob-up form.
      • So that I can seamlessly access the site's functionality
  • When I enter invalid data on the log-up form:
    • I would like the website to inform me of the validations I failed to pass, and repopulate the form with my valid entries (except my password).
      • So that I can try again without needing to refill forms I entered valid data into.

Demo User

• As an unregistered and unauthorized user, I would like an easy to find and clear button on both the /signup and /login pages to allow me to visit the site as a guest without signing up or logging in.
  • When I'm on either the /signup or /login pages:
    • I can click on a Demo User button to log me in and allow me access as a normal user.
      • So that I can read answers to questions I am interested in without having to enter credentials.

Log Out

• As a logged in user, I want to log out via an easy to find log out button on the navigation bar.
  • While on any page of the site:
    • I can log out of my account and be redirected to a page displaying recent Questions.
      • So that I can easily log out to keep my information secure.

Questions

Create Questions

• As a logged in user, I want to be able to post new Question.
  • When I'm on the /new-question page:
    • I can write and submit a new Question.
      • So that I can ask a question.

Viewing Question

• As a logged in or logged out user, I want to be able to view a selection of the most recent Questions.

  • When I'm on the /question page:
    • I can view the ten most recently posted Questions.
      • So that I can read the answers other users have posted.

• As a logged in or logged out user, I want to be able to view a specific Question and its associated Answers and UpVotes.

  • When I'm on the /question/:id page:
    • I can view the content of the Question, as well as the associated Answers and UpVotes.
      • So that I can read and interact with Answers.

Editing Questions

• As a logged in user, I want to be able to edit my Questions by clicking an Edit button associated with the Question anywhere that Questions appears.
  • When I'm on the /questions, /questions/:id, or /users/:id/question pages:
    • I can click "Edit" to make permanent changes to Questions I have posted. (.edited)
      • So that I can fix any errors I make in my Questions.

Deleting Questions and Questions

• As a logged in user, I want to be able to delete my Questions by clicking a Delete button associated with the Question anywhere that Question appears.
  • When I'm on the /questions, /questions/:id, or /users/:id/questions pages:
    • I can click "Delete" to permanently delete a Question I have posted.
      • So that when I realize I shouldn't have publicly said something, I can easily remove it.