Remove SENDGRID requirement

final_project/README.md

@@ -42,11 +42,7 @@ messaging app Slack. We'll call our version [Belay](https://en.wikipedia.org/wik
   should see just the messages in that channel or thread, with some menu element
   to let them return to the channel list.
 - Users should have a display name and an email address, and be able to update
-  either in the app. Users authenticate with their email address and a password,
-  and can reset a lost password by having Belay send them a magic link. You may
-  use the [SendGrid API](https://github.com/sendgrid/sendgrid-python) to send
-  these messages, either with your own (free) account or by using the API key in
-  `sendgrid.env`.
+  either in the app. Users authenticate with their email address and a password.
 - Belay is a single-page web application. We serve a single HTML request on load
   and do not refresh the page. As users navigate to a channel, the application
   updates the navigation bar to reflect what channel they are in, and navigating
@@ -108,20 +104,24 @@ Database (5 points)
 - Store passwords securely by hashing them with bcrypt
 - Model the replies_to relationship
 - Efficiently store last read message per channel per user
+
 API (4 points)
 - Login endpoint
 - Authenticate to other endpoints via session token in request body (not as a URL param)
 - Endpoints to create and get channels and messages
 - Get new message counts by channel without fetching all the message contents
+
 Responsive Layout (5 points)
 - Login and password reset flows
 - Show channels, messages, and replies (when shown) in 3-column grid
 - Show/hide threaded replies
 - On narrow screens, one-column layout with menu bar (2 points)
+
 Single-Page State (3 points)
 - Only serve one HTML request
 - Push channel and thread location to the navigation bar
 - Track last read message per channel
+
 Asynchronous Request Handling (3 points)
 - Continuously poll for new messages
 - Show new message counts per channel