clearmediaukltd/sf2-technical-test

An exercise to Symfony2 application

EA Symfony2 Technical Test

Task

• The task is implement a website that allows the user to login to search the Github repoistories.
• You have 4 hours to complete the test.
• Please finish all the items outlined in the Requirements section first, then try to tackle items in the Nice to Haves section if you have time.
• If you cannot finish the test, please explain why as we are reasonable and realize people have time constraints.

Setup

• You can find the design under the design folder
• You would need php5.5, Symfony 2 and a web server to run the application
• To see if the app running, http://localhost/app_dev.php/ or http://localhost/app_dev.php/demo/hello/Fabien

Requirements

• You are free to use 3rd party authentication bundle or build your own bundle
• The login form should have server side validation
• All pages should be gated by the login page if the user is not login.
• You are free to use any http client to call out to Github's API
• Have a search field that allows searching for a GitHub user's repositories. See http://developer.github.com/v3/repos/#list-user-repositories for more info. Call the following API (where USER_NAME is the value typed into the search field):

https://api.github.com/users/USER_NAME/repos

• Once the search is clicked, the results should show a list of that user's public repositories with each item in a "name/number of watchers" format.
• The results should be in json format for the view to consume
• It's not a requirement to style the pages
• We expect to have unit test code coverage of your code

Nice to Haves

• When a result is clicked, display an alert box with the repository's ID and the created_at time.
• Use AngularJS to display the repositories results
• Extended functionalities where you see fit.

Deliverables

• Please fork this project on GitHub and add your code to the forked project.
• Update the README file to include the time you spent and anything else you wish to convey.
• Send the link to your forked GitHub project to your recruiter.

Good luck!*

Chris Cook's Notes

• The new login process broke the tests in the ACME DemoBundle, so I have fixed them to follow the new login process

• I used the user authentication system described in the Symfony docs for my login process

• Because I cannot (should not) test private functions directly, I could only write one unit test for GitHubAPISearchBundle DefaultController. However I have also written a functional test for this class

• I did not attempt to impliment Angular.js as I have no experience with it. However, I have implimented the alert box with the id and created_at time.

• Everything else is working.

• I spent 3.5 hours on the test.

• Please note the site was development in the dev environment. http://localhost/app_dev.php/