🎬 SimpleDraft

💻 A simple brower based screenwriting app.

Stack

Features

• ✅ 🖋️ Write screenplays utilizing the Fountain syntax for speed and simplicity.
• ✅ 📌 Manage multiple projects with an intuitive all drafts view.
• ✅ 📄 Write your script in a clean distraction-free editor.
• ✅ 📇 Keep track of drafts and changes with SimpleDraft's lightweight version tracking system.
• ✅ ⏪ Revert to a previous version at any time!
• ✅ 📜 Download draft as a .fountain file that can be rendered and formatted by many other apps (FinalDraft, FadeIn, etc).

Run

• Clone the repo.
• From inside the server directory run 'npm install' and then 'npm start'. This will install the required dependencies and run the server.
• From inside the client directory run 'npm install' and then 'npm run dev'. This will install the required dependencies and launch the client in your browser.
• To get the db working you'll need to create a new PostgreSQL DB instance and then a .env file that looks like this -

{
 PASSWORD = '**yoursecretpassword**'
 DB = '**yourdatabasename**'
 USER = '**yourusername**'
}

• After that you should be all good to go, have fun writing with SimpleDraft!

Fountain Syntax

To learn more about the Fountain Syntax and why it's a great way to write Screenplays check out - Fountain

Diff Match Patch

If you're interested in learning more about Diff/Match/Patch check out - Google Diff/Match/Patch and the typescript port - TypeScript Diff/Match/Patch