makaivelli / world-of-airports

world-of-airports

Running the app

Using Docker (needs to be installed) or Node (8+ needs to be installed)

Using Docker

1. Run docker-compose up in terminal
2. Open localhost:3000 in browser

Using locally installed Node

Both server and client needs to be running. Prerequisite: Node (8+) installed

Run Server:

In a terminal window:

1. cd server
2. npm install
3. npm run build
4. npm run start
   Keep terminal open.

Run client:

In new terminal window

1. cd client
2. npm install
3. npm run start
4. Open localhost:3000 in browser

Notes

Using a React client for a small coding task like this might be an overkill. But it would make more sense in production, because of the virtual DOM (good performance with updating long lists), and using the same test runner (Jest comes bundled with create-react-app) makes the testing easier.

What would I improve (if I have more time)

• add validation to next page query (now I just validate if they are there, but assume the client uses the returned query data)
• add tests for React client

What would I do differently if it's not a coding test

• using an external library for geo logic (distance, etc)
• using BigInt or other packages to handle big numbers and floating point precision problems in JS
• or using another language (Python?)
• or just using Geospatial query with Cloudant