sunbinyuan/shopify-backend

Shopify backend challenge

README

Shopify backend challenge

Getting started

Prerequisites

You must have an installation of ruby >= 2.2.2

Installing

1. Change directory to the root of the application:

    $ cd shopify-backend
   

2. Install bundler at the command prompt if you haven't yet:

    $ gem install bundler
   

3. Install all the dependencies :

    $ bundle install
   

4. Migrate the database:

    $ rails db:migrate
   

Running the server

1. At the root of the application, start the server:

    $ rails server
   

2. Goto http://localhost:3000 and you should see the server running with the default rails landing page

3. Follow the API documentation in order to test the different features of the application

Documentation

Visit the API documentation created with Apiary.

Other thoughts/Improvements

• A User system could be implemented with Cart belonging to user

• Render of JSON can be made more consistent across the Item and Cart controllers

• Access token system can be implemented in order to prevent unauthorized Item modification

• An Order model could be implemented in order to store purchased Items

• A job could be added to purged unused Carts after a interval of time

• Unit tests

Authors

• Binyuan Sun