danjaouen

So I finally completed my first Rails app. As it's my first app, I know I've got some things wrong here or there and I could use some advice from more experienced Rails developers.

You can find the app here: https://github.com/danieljaouen/movie_tell

And the associated site here: https://movie-tell.com

I built the site so that I could easily share movie recommendations with friends. As it stands, a standard workflow would look something like:

- sign up to the site

- search users for a friend or family member's email address

- "friend" that user (the user also needs to "friend" you back once they've received your friend request)

- search for a movie you want to share (courtesy of Rotten Tomatoes' API)

- click on the movie's "detail" page

- check the friends you want to recommend the movie to, then click "submit"

One thing I should note here is that my front-end skills are practically nonexistent, so though I appreciate any and all feedback, please try to stick to the critiquing the backend code if possible.

Thanks!

Recently I've found myself plowing through development book after development book without any clear vision or direction. As a freelance developer, I've worked on many small-scale projects, but I find that when I'm lacking the structure resulting from having a client or boss, my pursuits tend to be scattered and ultimately unproductive.

Has anyone felt like this before? How did you manage to hunker down with a single project or toolset without direction coming from above?