/converter

A compact currency converter based on ECB Foreign Exchange rates

Primary LanguageRuby

converter

A simple, compact currency converter offering 31 different currencies. Reference foreign exchange rates used are taken from the European Central Bank and are available for every date in the previous 4 months. The base currency is the Euro.

Some currencies included:

  • USD
  • GBP
  • HKD
  • AUD
  • and 27

Enviroment

Ruby v2.1.1

Database

Exchange rates for each currency are stored for every reference date in the database using Active Record.

When installing, remember to run rake db:migrate to set up the necessary tables.

###Tip: To pull in the latest 4 months, call rake db:seed in the command line.

Testing

System tests to ensure form validation and accuracy of data can be carried out by calling rake test.