BuildNG
Pre-interview Technical Challenge
khalilhughes-pilot-interview branch
Platform Choice
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Python (Flask) on Backend
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Node (React, Redux, Router) on Frontend
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css (Bootstrap) on Frontend
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I chose Flask because I haven't used it much and wanted to see if I could get it to run a single page application.
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I love using React, and knew that I would be handling all of the requests to Zomato in the backend. Using React I could focus on just building a Frontend client.
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For UX I chose Bootstrap, Mainly used it to create a simple container to so that the application was bit more presentable.
Installation
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Should already have Python 3 and Node installed.
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cd code-challenge
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pip3 install -r requirements.txt
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python3 script.py
if you are using a virutalenv
- virtualenv -p python3.5 code-challenge
- cd code-challenge
- pip install -r requirements.txt
- python script.py
Technical questions
Please include answers to the following questions in your APP_README.md markdown file.
- How long did you spend on this technical challenge? What would you add to your solution if you had more time?
- About 17 hrs spread over 3 days.
- What was the most useful feature that was added to the latest version of your chosen language? Please include a snippet of code that shows how you've used it.
- In the math library for Python, Tau has been which is about 6.28.
import math
findCircumference(radius): return math.tau * radius
- How would you track down a performance issue in production? Have you ever had to do this?
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In this application I would start by checking the response times for client users each time a request is sent to backend.
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I have not had to this yet, but I have built other forms of analytics before.
- How would you improve the Zomato API that you just used?
- I'd create a postman collection for the API so developers would be able to test it more easily.
- Next I'd write better documentation. And have pre filled inputs for users to try.
- Also the API is missing POST routes to add reviews and restaurants, that implies that I can't build a fully functional client into their API.
- Please describe yourself using JSON.
{ "person": { "name": "Khalil Hughes", "age": "22", "interests": [ "Philosophy", "Computer Science", "Universal Basic Income", "Characteristica Universalis", "General Artificial Intelligence" ], "hungerLevel": "20%", "bladderLevel": "80%", } }
Thanks for your time, I look forward to meeting with you!
- Khalil Hughes