ngryman / base-project

A tiny base project for a REST API with NodeJS.

base-project

A tiny base project for a REST API with NodeJS. This is the version 2 of the recruitment test for W'Inn SAS.

A basic To do list

You just got a simple REST API in NodeJS with Express.

• Organize/Refactor the code correctly ... make it the proper way
• Create a simple one page frontend to show transports on a map (OpenStreetMap or Google Maps, give the keys)

We start the server with following command : npm start, do not forget tests (Mocha) and documentation (JsDoc) !

What are you applying for ?

Do the first list of tasks. And, depending on the position you are applying to, do some extra tasks ...

Applying to a Full stack position ?

• Create "Insert" and "Delete" routes for the transport object
• Make a minimal frontend with Angular 1 or 2 for add, remove, see transports
• Use Object Oriented Programming and return all transports with address corresponding to the departure and end points using online maps services
• With ES6 notation, create an object "Transport" and all getters and setters
• Load JSON file from object, read transport list from Transport object

Applying to a Frontend position ?

• Create a complete frontend with design, AngularJS 1 or 2 :
  • All responsive
  • List all the available transports
  • The user can select which trip he wants to show on the map
  • Make it nice to look at and easy to use
• Test the frontend

Applying to a Backend position ?

• Use Object Oriented Programming and return all transports with address corresponding to the departure and end points using online maps services
• With ES6 notation, create an object "Transport" and all getters and setters
• Load JSON file from object, read transport list from Transport object
• Use Postgresql to store Transports, load and query for Database
• Complete the REST API : CRUD on transports, GET, PUT, POST, DELETE
• Create a sub-route for getting/update/delete informations about vehicule
• Use JWT to authenticate requests

Applying to a Devops position ?

• Use a Postgresql database for transports
• Use Docker image
• Create a scalable image with Docker Compose and replication of database

Applying to a Data Scientist position ?

• Scrap informations from the web
• Show a statistic about the places the transports deal with
• Explain what informations you could get and what informations you could deduce from data analyse

What will make the difference ?

• Respect your speciality priorities
• It must work, easy to launch
• Code quality
• Tested and Documented ...

Did you read till the end ?

To apply :

• Do what you can
• Tell us : what you like, what you dislike about this test and computer sciences
• Tell us how long did it take to code this
• What salary would you like for a position in Caen, Normandy

Do not write a presentation letter, answer shortly ;)

Send us the url of your fork to : [email protected] If your code is good enough, we'll meet in our offices !