Coding assignment for showcasing my skills and expertise.

Description

• Create a list of books, with the following functions,
  • Add a book to the list.
  • Delete a book from the list.
  • Change an authors name
  • Sort by title or author
  • Search for a book by title or author
  • Export the the following in CSV and XML
    • A list with Title and Author
    • A list with only Titles
    • A list with only Authors

Installation

• Clone this repo to your local machine

$ git clone https://github.com/zmax92/assignment.git
$ cd assignment/

• Copy .env.example file to .env file

$ cp .env.example .env

• Apply changes to lines in .env file

ln 5: APP_URL=http://localhost
ln 9: DB_CONNECTION=mysql

to

ln 5: APP_URL=http://127.0.0.1:8000
ln 9: DB_CONNECTION=sqlite

and remove all other DB_ lines

ln 10: DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
ln 11: DB_PORT=3306
ln 12: DB_DATABASE=laravel
ln 13: DB_USERNAME=root
ln 14: DB_PASSWORD=

• install composer packages

$ composer install

• install npm packages

$ npm install

• create databases

$ touch database/database.sqlite

• Create database tables from migration files and populate them with initial data

$ php artisan migrate:fresh --seed

• Generate application encryption key

$ php artisan key:generate

Deployment

Run app on Local Development Server

$ php artisan serv

This will launch Laravel development server on http://127.0.0.1:8000, and in browser will be greeted with

Running the tests

To run tests, there must be Google Chrome and ChromeDriver installed

• Run all existing tests

$ php artisan serv
$ php artisan dusk

(Optional) filter specific group of tests or specific feature test

$ php artisan dusk --filter BooksBrowserTest
$ php artisan dusk --filter testFrontendCreationOfBook
$ php artisan dusk --filter testFrontendDeletionOfBook
$ php artisan dusk --filter testFrontendUpdateAuthor

Demo

assignment.zmaher.com