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Pubhub 100 README

This is a dynamic web application that displays a webpage
to a user, makes use of Java servlets for accessing 
information, and utilizes postgreSQL to create, read, update
and delete information from a database.

The website's goal is to create a platform for authors to
easily publish a book and for readers to access a book
using various search functions such as book specific details
or tags associated with certain books. 

The project offers the challenge to develop both the
front and back end of the application. 

In Pubhub 100, the developer was given a starting base
project. The developer's task was to create a tagging
system for the books. A user should be able to create,
remove, update, and delete tags from books while
maintaining the functionality of updating book details
as well. A user should also be able to search for books
using a given tag. 

I created a system of tags so that a user can see
all tags currently in the database as well as access a
list of books containing a given tag. An author will be
able to update the tags for a certain book by simply
checking check boxes or by writing in a custom text.

This process took a span of approximately two weeks. 
The application still lacks a proper marketplace and
social media implementation.


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