matipacheco/fullstack-project

Rails/React coding project for full-stack developer candidates

Ruby

fullstack-project

Rails/React coding project for full-stack developer candidates

Requirements:

Build application using React on the frontend and Rails on the backend
Integrate with image API of your choosing (e.g. giphy, dog API, TheCatAPI, etc.)
Build search interface to return images related to search term via API
For images that are returned, allow users to 'favorite' images
Allow users to view images they have favorited
Spend no more than 4 hours coding for the project. Do not include any initial application setup in this time limit.

Add-ons:

Sign up/log in functionality
Filter or search favorites

Things we're looking for:

Good state management
Logical database persistence
Keyboard accessibility
Unit tests for front and backend

Things we like:

Well commented & well organized code
Quality over quantity (the code you write should be good)
Small, meaningful, commits
Cute animals

Submission:

Fork this repository to your own git
Create a new branch to push your commits as you work
When complete, create a PR to the master branch (of your personal repo) so we can see the code that you added!
Somehow share your repository with us
Important: If there are credentials required (.env or master.key file), please email these to us directly or we can’t review your project

Setup:

Backend

$ cd backend
$ bundle install && yarn install
Ensure postgres is running
- $ brew services start postgresql
Create the db
- $ rake db:create
Start the server
- $ rails s
Your backend will be running on port 3010 by default

Frontend

$ cd frontend
$ yarn install
Start the app
- $ yarn start
Your frontend will be running on port 3000 by default

Proxys and routing:

Any fetch requests made from the frontend to /api will be routed to the backend server
Ensure all routes are included in the :api namespace on the backend