##Airshow##

A simply awesome photo gallery server.

This web application is primarily a vehicle for me to experiment with Node.js, Express, Backbone.js, mongoDB and HTML5/CSS3. Perhaps it will be interesting to you, too.

It only works in the most modern of browsers– the latest versions of Safari and Chrome, for example.

Here’s a demo.

The basic structure of the application was strongly inspired by the excellent nodecellar sample application by Christophe Coenraets.

##Features##

• displays a paginated grid of images
• opens image in a lightbox
• uses CSS transforms to flip image to show details
• new images can be uploaded via drag and drop in batches and previews are generated
• images are stored and served from the database (GridFS)
• responsive layout– resize your browser window
• displays EXIF information
• authentication (the default account is change_me@fake.com / Airshow)

##Coming soon##

• validation
• support for larger image files

To install on your own Heroku account:##

1. Install the Heroku Toolbelt

2. Sign up for a Heroku account

3. Login to Heroku from the heroku CLI:

    $ heroku login
   

4. Create a new app on Heroku:

    $ heroku create
   

5. Add the MongoLab Heroku Add-on

    $ heroku addons:add mongolab
   

6. Upload the app to Heroku:

    $ git push heroku master
   

7. Open the app in your browser:

    $ heroku open