schneiderman805 / library-challenge

Week 1 Ruby challenge

Library Challenge

Week 1 Ruby challenge

Instructions

Read this entire README carefully and follow all instructions.

• Challenge time: this weekend, until Monday 9am
• Feel free to use Google, Stack Overflow, your notes, previously written code, books, etc. but work on your own
• If you refer to or have in whole or partially used the solution of another coach or student, please put a link to that in your README
• If you have a partial solution, still check in a partial solution to GitHub and create a Pull Request
• You must submit a Pull Request to this repository with your code by 9.30am Monday morning - before the stand-up

Learning objective

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Write a Library program with the following user stories:

As an individual
In order to get my hands on a good book
I would like to see a list of books currently available in the library
with information about the title and author

As a library
In order to have good books to offer to the public
I would like to be able to have a collection of books

As a library
In order to have good books to offer to the public
I would like to be able to allow individuals to check out a book

As a library
In order to make the books available to many individuals
I would like to set a return date on every check out
and I would like that date to be 1 month from checkout date

As an individual
In order to avoid awkward moments at the library
I would like to know when my book is supposed to be returned

Tasks

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• Fork the challenge repo: https://github.com/CraftAcademy/library-challenge
• Run the command bundle install in the project directory to ensure you have all the gems
• Write your specs and implementation
• Be smart about using Git: commit and push often. Use feature branches.
• Create a Pull Request as soon as possible
• Read the comments from Hound and fix any issues that the service points out.

Tips

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Some hints:

• A Person needs to have a list of books that he currently has in his possession. That list needs to include the return date.
• The return date can be calculated using the Date object. Out of the box, there are methods you can use to add days to the current date.
• Make use of doubles when writing your specs
• Follow the naming conventions/standards for methods and variables

What we are looking for

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I'm hoping to see that:

• You can take a problem set and write a well tested implementation on your own.
• You understand how to define Ruby Classes and work with objects.
• You understand how classes can interact with each other.
• You know how to make use of arrays, hashes, and associated methods to create dynamic lists.
• You know how to write specs and use them as a blueprint in your development.
• I can track your work by following you commit history - so please commit as soon you are done with a feature or when you have made a test pass.

In your Pull Request, I'm hoping to see:

• That you are testing the right thing in the right spec file.
• That all tests passing - green is good!
• High test coverage (above 95% is accepted)
• The code is easy to follow: every class has a clear responsibility, methods are short, code is nicely formatted, etc.
• The README.md includes information on how to use your solution with command examples in irb. (Feel free to remove this text)

Happy coding!