Charter Enterprise MOTD Sample Project

A small project to help assess candidate experience with webservices and our technology stack.

Instructions

We have provided a webservice that provides a "message of the day", similar to what you might see logging into a Unix system. Unfortuantely, at Charter things don't always go as planned and we need to change the message. We need you to add the abilty to change the message. No message history or any other advanced functionality is needed, unless there is something you'd like to show off. The message can be stored in the service using any mechanism you like, but aim for simplicity. A persistent store like MySQL or Hypersonic could be overkill for this new requirement. Iterative requests for the MOTD should return the new message, if it has been changed. Be sure to edit this README.md so we understand what you've done.

Also, a rogue developer has left the code base broken. To get anything done, you're doing to have to fix the tests first! And, no, -DskipTests is not a solution!

Push your answer to this Github repo as a feature branch and create a pull request so we know you're done.

Getting Started

To compile mvn clean package
To run mvn spring-boot:run
To see the message: curl localhost:8080

Prerequisites

Java 1.8
Maven
cURL

Deployment

If you whiz through this sample, try adding a deployment. We are a Docker and AWS shop. Getting something into an AWS or Heroku, or whatever you're comfortable with will be an "A+"

Project hints and questions

Stuck getting started?
- The official Spring Boot "hello world" example is a great starting point.
Still need help?
- Further hints are available, Feel free to ask questions here. Edit this file in your branch by adding to the questions section, push it, and we will update the file with answers.