Requirements

For any complex application, it is always a good idea to know what features we need to work on before we jump into coding. Let's look at what we want to create in this chapter.

We want to have a Django-based link sharing and discussion site like Hacker News. The site should have user accounts, allow users to share links, have a page where these links are listed in some defined order, and allow users to vote and comment on those links.

Additionally, we'd like to have safeguards against spammers and malicious users who would degrade the content quality of our site if left unchecked.

In a list form, here are the features that we want our application to provide: