lakitu / fa22_coding_challenge

Coding Challenge for prospective Impact Team members

Krishin Wadhwani hack4Impact Coding Challenge

Project Requirements

• Connected server to remote mongodb database
• Created Task schema with mongoose
• Created /put and /delete routes
• Linked CreateTask to the /create route
• Created UI for updating and deleting tasks
• Linked update and delete to server routes

Additional Changes

• Converted the React code to Typescript
  • Javascript was giving me a headache; Typescript made my life a bit easier
• Added a description to each task
  • Made descriptions an optional field in the Task schema
  • Displayed in UI using tooltips
• Removed React Router and made the application a single page
• Set up socket.io to handle updates to the db
  • Previously, updates were handled by a useEffect loop which accessed the "/" route constantly
  • This caused slower performance and excess power drain
  • Now, the server listens for changes using Task.watch() and emits an event when the db changes