osvalds / kpi-berry-hw

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This project was bootstrapped with Create React App.

Running UI locally

In the project directory, you can run:

npm start

Runs the app in the development mode.
Open http://localhost:3000 to view it in the browser.

Running "Backend" locally

Navigate to the api folder and run

###python app.py

Some take-ways (excuses)

• I seriously underestimated how tricky this homework is going to be;
• I haven't worked with React or JavaScript in basically any capacity in 15 months so it was a strategic mistake to try and use only functional components and Hooks. Even though there's a pretty good re-agent -> react mental model conversion, it didn't apply as well to purely functional version. I struggled a lot with grokking useState peculiarities in a short time (like the shallow comparisons, immutability requirements);
• The UI could use a lot of polish - one of the things I didn't manage to fix before deadline was the number queries it makes on conditions state changes. Limiting/debouncing it would massively improve usability;
• I have never worked with Python. Somehow I have avoided it my whole carrer. Also, I had never seen Flask so I needed to google everything. It kinda reminds the simplicity of ring. As a result the Python code I wrote ,probably, is the most un-idiomatic, least performant Python ever written. On the other hand, it was a fun challenge writing some backend that's more than changing small things in already existing codebase.
• All in all, fun homework assignment, learned a ton, bummed that I had to spend so much time googling and dealing with syntax issues.