chriscinelli/javascript-interview-simple-boilerplate

Simple plain Javascript/Node.js starter for Interviews

This is a very simple boilerplate for simple javascript/node.js interview exercises with auto-reloading on save and Jest as test runner. Chai syntax is optional. In this specific boilerplate, I left linting and Babel out on purpose.

I like to have people free to choose their own "starter" boilerplate. But some people have been working for a while on one codebase where the setup and the tooling was done for them. It is not fair, or at least waste valuable time during the interview, to have people set up things from scratch during interviews. Knowing how to do that is a nice to have. But if people do not know how, it does not mean that are unqualified candidates.

This is a basic uncomplicated setup that enables us to save time and increase productivity.

Pre-requisites

Install nvm or make sure you are running node 8 or up. Install [yarn] - npm install -g yarn

Installation

git clone https://github.com/this-repo my-test-app
cd my-test-app
nvm use
yarn
yarn start

Tests

It uses Jest. All *.spec.js files will be consider test files.

Run tests

Run tests once:

$ yarn run test

To run tests in watch mode use:

$ yarn run test:watch

To run test coverage use:

$ yarn run cover

To see the HTML test coverage results use:

$ yarn run cover-report

Chai support

Do you want to use chai for tests? Just check setup-tests.js