barnes7td/alberto-sosa-robot-simulator

AngularRobotSimulator

Introduction

This project implements a simulator for a small robot named Sally. Sally can move forward and turn left and right. Sally's objective is to find the goal on the map.

Our goal is not only to evaluate your coding abilities, but also to get a feel for how you pick up unfamiliar projects, prioritize work, and communicate your decisions with peers. The code in this repo is intentionally imperfect, but functional. The purpose is to provide an example of a real world product, warts and all.

Your task is to familiarize yourself with the code, review the backlog of tasks, choose one or more projects, and complete them within a limited time period. We typically ask for two 2 hours, but please let us know if you cannot devote that much time or would like to spend more time on it.

After the time period is up, we will walk through your changes with you and discuss what changes you made, why you made them, and what else you thought about while working on the project.

As you work on your project, please take the opportunity to note anything you think could be improved and either fix it or let us know why you decided not to.

Note: This is an open ended project, we are evaluating you on your ability to organize and communicate as much as on your coding abilities. We ask that you spend about two hours on the project, but you are welcome to spend more time on it if you want. This is your chance to "wow" us, so please put in your best effort. Do your best, and be prepared to discuss what worked and what didn't. If you get stuck and want to ask for guidance or help it won't count against you.

Steps

1. Fork the repo
2. Familiarize yourself with the code
3. Familiarize yourself with the backlog
4. Select one or more projects off the backlog
5. Implement changes
   NOTE: Please create a PR back to the main repo
6. Review and discuss changes with us

Backlog

Note: this is not a sorted priority list.

• Clean up the redundant code in Robot.move
• Add error handling: See TODOs in code
• Support Multiple Robots
• Add walls to block robot motion
• Replace canvas with FabricJS
  • Add ability to change grid dimensions
  • Add smooth motion rendering as the robot moves
• Add Ngrx
• Improve testing
  • Make tests more readable
  • Implement Angular Testing Library
• Other enhancements?

Unit Tests

Some of the backlog items above have unit tests written for them.

• app.component.spec.ts will make sure some basic built-in commands from the base code still work

You are not required to work on specific backlog items, and should not worry about the tests failing if you didn't work on the related backlog items. Your primary evaluation will be on personal review of your code, not on the results of the automation.

You are encouraged to write new unit tests for any backlog items you address.

Standard Angular Info

This project was generated with Angular CLI version 11.0.5.

Development server

Run ng serve for a dev server. Navigate to http://localhost:4200/. The app will automatically reload if you change any of the source files.

Code scaffolding

Run ng generate component component-name to generate a new component. You can also use ng generate directive|pipe|service|class|guard|interface|enum|module.

Build

Run ng build to build the project. The build artifacts will be stored in the dist/ directory. Use the --prod flag for a production build.

Running unit tests

Run ng test to execute the unit tests via Karma.

Running end-to-end tests

Run ng e2e to execute the end-to-end tests via Protractor.

Further help

To get more help on the Angular CLI use ng help or go check out the Angular CLI Overview and Command Reference page.