cjessett / fullstack-project

Rails/React coding project for full-stack developer candidates

fullstack-project

Rails/React coding project for full-stack developer candidates

Requirements:

• Build application using React on the frontend and Rails on the backend
• Integrate with image API of your choosing (e.g. giphy, dog API, TheCatAPI, etc.)
• Build search interface to return images related to search term via API
• For images that are returned, allow users to 'favorite' images
• Allow users to view images they have favorited
• Spend no more than 4 hours coding for the project. Do not include any initial application setup in this time limit.

Add-ons:

• Sign up/log in functionality
• Filter or search favorites

Things we're looking for:

• Good state management
• Logical database persistence
• Keyboard accessibility
• Unit tests for front and backend

Things we like:

• Well commented & well organized code
• Quality over quantity (the code you write should be good)
• Small, meaningful, commits
• Cute animals

Submission:

• Fork this repository to your own git
• Create a new branch to push your commits as you work
• When complete, create a PR to the master branch (of your personal repo) so we can see the code that you added!
• Somehow share your repository with us
• Important: If there are credentials required (.env or master.key file), please email these to us directly or we can’t review your project

Setup:

Backend

1. $ cd backend
2. $ bundle install && yarn install
3. Ensure postgres is running
   • $ brew services start postgresql
4. Create the db
   • $ rake db:create
5. Start the server
   • $ rails s
6. Your backend will be running on port 3010 by default

Frontend

1. $ cd frontend
2. $ yarn install
3. Start the app
   • $ yarn start
4. Your frontend will be running on port 3000 by default

Proxys and routing:

• Any fetch requests made from the frontend to /api will be routed to the backend server
• Ensure all routes are included in the :api namespace on the backend