📄 Software Requirements Specification (SRS)

✍️ Blog App – Personal Publishing Platform

1. Purpose

To enable users to write, publish, edit, and delete blog posts in a structured, secure environment.

2. Scope

The app provides authenticated users with a private blogging interface, complete with rich text formatting, category tagging, and CRUD operations.

3. Functional Requirements

• User authentication
• Create/edit/delete blog posts
• Rich text editor integration
• Optional post categories or tags
• View published posts in sorted format

4. Non-Functional Requirements

• Secure login with email/password
• Responsive UI on all devices
• Support for drafts and real-time editing
• Database validation and form sanitation

5. Tech Stack

• Frontend: React or Next.js, TailwindCSS
• Backend: Firebase Auth, Firestore or MongoDB
• Editor: React Quill or similar WYSIWYG tool

6. Assumptions

• Users can only manage their own posts
• All actions are authenticated and validated

7. Future Enhancements

• Comment system with moderation
• Markdown and rich-media support
• SEO-friendly URL structure and post metadata

8. Entity Relationship Diagram (ERD)

[User]
 └── id (PK)
 └── email
 └── password

[Post]
 └── id (PK)
 └── title
 └── content
 └── created_at
 └── updated_at
 └── user_id (FK → User.id)

[Category]
 └── id (PK)
 └── name

[PostCategory]
 └── post_id (FK → Post.id)
 └── category_id (FK → Category.id)

9. System Architecture Diagram (Description)

• Frontend: Built with React/Next.js and TailwindCSS, provides a responsive interface for authenticated users to manage blogs.
• Authentication: Managed using Firebase Auth.
• Backend/Database: Firestore or MongoDB stores users, blog posts, and categories with structured access control.
• Data Flow: Users send content to the backend via secured routes; responses are rendered with real-time updates.