Hello, this is repository contains a sample Laravel 5.3 project, that is used for programmer evaluation.
The application is a small "blog". It contains a list of blog posts and each of them can have multiple comments.
To get your qualification, you must complete the tasks listed below.
The tasks are in English to evaluate language comprehension skills.
You can either just send in the completed project as a ZIP to it@aepartner.lv, or fork this project on GitHub. Creating pull requests is a nice idea, but that would make your code more public.
If you are qualifying for a vacant programmer position and have reached this repo via a link from human resources, we also do code review, just mention that you would like code review and a link to your forked repository, in a mail to it@aepartner.lv.
This task evaluates the skill "programmer" :)
You will need PHP and composer.
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Checkout the repository
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Run
composer install -
Run
php artisan serve -
Connect to
http://localhost:8000
Info about the repository: we have added a database/database.sqlite file to this
repo, so some sample data is already inside. By completing the tasks, you can
choose to either add the modified database.sqlite file to the commit or omit it.
Hints:
- Laravel Documentation
- Check out the database.sqlite table structure in
/database/migrations
This task evaluates familiarity with MVC frameworks and Laravel
The application allows creating new posts. In localhost:8000/post/create page, add
validation so that it is impossible to create posts with description longer than 255 characters.
Hints:
- controller file
/app/Http/Controllers/PostController.php - view file
/resources/views/post/create.blade.php - model files
/app/Post.php - Laravel Validation
When creating new post in localhost:8000/post/create, check if post with such title already exists and prevent
creating a duplicate.
When opening a post, there is functionality to edit it (localhost:8000/post/1/edit). Please make sure that the
same validation created in Task 1 and 2 is also used when editing.
Hints:
- file:
/resources/views/post/edit.blade.php
Create possibility to delete post from the post list view localhost:8000/post.
In post list view localhost:8000/post, display creation and last update date next to each post.
Under each post, a list of comments is displayed (localhost:8000/post/1). Add a "block this person"
button next to each comment. The button should delete all comments from
database with the same email.
This task evaluates familiarity with HTML and UX
In all pages, add link to start page, and a page title. Optionally create some navigation.
This task evaluates familiarity with CSS and Laravel build tools
Add some style to the application. Use of CSS frameworks (Bootstrap, Zurb, Google Material, etc) is permitted.
For extra points, you can also use the built in gulpfile and node to build CSS from SCSS.
This task evaluates skill to add full functionality to a project
Create a new table for blocked commenters with one field: "email".
The idea is that, once a commenter is blocked, his email will be registered in this table, and new comments will not be permitted with that email.
You need to:
- Create the new table
- When blocking commenter (functionality from task 6) add the email to the new table.
- When posting a new comment, check if the provided email is not in blocked commenters table.
Hints:
- Laravel Migrations are highly recommended, but other means of creating the table are also ok, if the database.sqlite file will be committed for review.
This task evaluates familiarity with modern JavaScript
Convert one or more pages by adding JavaScript functionality using (React, Vue, or any other)
Examples include (but are not limited to), showing a "edit post" popup with JSON data
posting in the /post/1 window instead of separate view /post/1/edit
You can also do something with jQuery, but that will not be counted as full point.
This task evaluates understanding of project and creative thinking
Create a new "dashboard" page with various statistics about posts and comments. The statistics can be picked freely from your own ideas on what else might be needed.
This task is a possibility to display any other skills and technology passions of the applicant
You are free to add any other functionality as a demo of your skills.
This will be benefitial to differentiade yourself from others and can definetley score extra points.