MVP Feature List

Art Institute Explorer is a web application where users can explore art from the Art Institute of Chicago (AIC) and create custom collections. It’s built with a Rails back end and a React/Redux front end. It leverages the AIC API.

This is the list of features necessary for the minimum viable product (MVP).

1. Hosting on Heroku

• Web application is deployed to production

2. New account creation and authentication

• Users can sign up, sign in, log out, and delete their account
• Users can’t use certain features without logging in (saving artworks and creating collections)

3. Artworks

• Users can view artworks from AIC
• Logged in users can save artworks to their account

4. Search

• Users can search AIC for artworks through text input

5. Collections

• Logged in users can create collections of artworks
• Logged in users can like collections
• Logged in users can post comments on collections

6. User Profiles

• Logged in users can display their saved artworks on their profile
• Logged in users can display their collections of artworks on their profile