Bible Cover2Cover

This was my final project for the Application Development course at the University of Chicago. The application, called Bible Cover2Cover, is a full-stack Ruby on Rails web app that allows users to read the entire Bible, track their progress, and follow reading plans.

Below is a short video walkthrough where I demonstrate how the app works and explain its key features.

About the Project

The app fetches Bible text dynamically through an external API, allowing users to navigate by book and chapter using clean, semantic URLs such as /books/matthew/1. All passage data and user interactions are stored in a PostgreSQL database.

Users can create an account and log in with Devise authentication. Once logged in, they can track their reading progress, which chapters they have completed, and where they left off. They can also subscribe or unsubscribe from preset reading plans that schedule daily readings and update automatically as chapters are completed.

The focus of the project was on functionality and backend integration rather than styling. It demonstrates a complete full-stack workflow that includes fetching and parsing JSON data from an API, persisting user data, managing sessions and routes, and building a responsive and data-driven web application in Rails.

This project reflects the goals of the course: connecting front-end structure with backend logic, using databases effectively, and integrating third-party APIs into a real web application.