MVP List

MVP List

[Earshot] is a clone of Spotify, a digital music app. At its core, Spotify is a media library and player. Users can create playlists, like songs, and follow artists.

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Table of Contents

1. Hosting
2. Splash / Authentication
3. Media Player
4. Likes and Library
5. Follow Artists and Playlists
6. Playlist CRUD
7. Search and Suggestions
8. Production README
9. Bonus Features

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P0 Songs, Logging in, media player

P1 Library, search, playlists

• Simplify follows/likes into only likes
• No podcasts
• Suggestions may be P2 (priority 2)

1. Hosting (Heroku)

0.5 Days

2. Splash / Authentication

3 days

• Sign Up - New accounts

  • User details form
  • Avatar
  • Genre preferences

• Sign In

  • Guest Option, full-featured
  • Persists, log out available

• Invalid Credentials

  • Pertinent error messages and route back to login/sign up, respectively
  • Forms reset on leaving the page

• Sign Out limitations

  • Search and generic suggestions are available, but prompt login on attempting to use media player, like, follow, or create playlists.

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[Splash Reference]

3. Media Player

2 days

• Plays selected media

• Dynamic Play/Pause button

• Forward and Back buttons

• Shuffle and repeat buttons

• Track progress bar

• Track information (song, artist, thumbnail)

• Volume slider and mute

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  [Media Player Reference]
  React Web Media Player

4. Likes and Library

2 days

• Liked songs and albums are added to the user library

• Liked songs section lists all liked songs

  • Play all feature

• Library tabs include Playlists, Podcasts, Artists, and Albums

  • Playlists: links to liked songs and displays a tiled selection of recently played playlists and 'your episodes'.
  • Podcasts: links to your episodes and tiled selection of recently played podcasts
  • Artists: tiled selections of recently played artists
  • Albums: tiled selections of recently played albums

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5. Follow Artists and Playlists

1 day

• Artists
  • Pages dynamically display follow/following button
  • Followed artists are added to user library
  • Sectioned lists by 'Popular', 'Liked Songs', 'Albums'
• Playlists
  • Followed/created list always displayed on left-lower nav
  • Pages dynamically display follow/following button for non-user playlists
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6. Playlist CRUD

2 days

• Create playlist always displayed on left-upper nav
• Playlist name and avatar form
• Search function to add directly to a playlist
• Option to add to existing/create a new playlist on all tracks
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7. Search and Suggestions

2 days

• Search Earshot library and return results in artist, album, playlist, genre
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8. Production README

0.5 days

• Table of Contents
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9. Bonus Features

• Suggestions
• Friend activity
• Media share
• Mobile ready
• Media player full-screen player
• Artist page 'Fans also like'
• Play button styling to scroll with respective pages
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