Rubber duck debugging is an informal term used in software engineering for a method of debugging code. The name is a reference to a story in the book The Pragmatic Programmer in which a programmer would carry around a rubber duck and debug their code by forcing themselves to explain it, line-by-line, to the duck.
| parameter | type | description |
|---|---|---|
| duck_id | string | Unique identifier for the duck session. |
| answer | string | (optional) User answer to the last duck question. There are some special commands: |
| - reset: Starts all over. Clears the dialog history. | ||
| - empty: Repeat the las question. |
| field | type | description |
|---|---|---|
| next_question | string | Duck question for the user. |
| answer_type | number | It could be one of this: |
| 3: Then next answer is probably going to be a long one. | ||
| 2: Then next answer is probably going to be a short one. | ||
| 1: The duck has provided some options for the next answer. | ||
| 0: The duck powers were not enought. You should try Google the problem or a different approach. | ||
| options | Array[string] | null | When possible, the duck will provide predefined options for the answers. |
| parameter | type | description |
|---|---|---|
| duck_id | string | Unique identifier for the duck session. |
| field | type | description |
|---|---|---|
| start_time | Date | This is when the conversation started. |
| last_time | Date | This is the time when the duck recieve the last answer. |
| dialog | Array[string] | Full dialog. |
This API is build for docker hub. It does need a mongo database. This are the docker parameters and defaults:
- PORT: 80
- MONGO_HOST: mongodb
- MONGO_PORT: 27017
Or you could just use this docker-compose.yml file
For more info about docker check out http://www.docker.com
Hopefully this project is just starting. Many things are missing and any help would be welcome. For example:
- Multiligual patterns and questions
- Control panel
- DB backup & restore
- etc, etc
If you have any special request, please contact me through the issues seccion.
Happy ducking!!