Symbiote Code Test

Joshua Carter

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Introduction

This is my submission for the Symbiote developer exercise.

I took this challenge as an excuse to learn several new things. As a result, this challenge was as much a learning exercise as it was test, so I've spent more time on the project than is expected. I hope that the results justify the time expenditure.

This is the first time I have used redux, express sessions, or done any user authentication. It is the second time that I have used react and nodejs. As a result, this was a sizeable undertaking for me, ultimately taking me ~30 hrs to complete in total.

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Tools Used

React with Redux

Chosen for its applicability to the position. I believe I have made proper use of redux reducers and actions (with thunk).

Bootstrap 4 with reactstrap

I opted to use a styling framework for this project for presentation's sake, and because my website is already styled without any framework.

NodeJs and Express

I chose to use nodejs as part of my ongoing attempt to widen my skill set. An example of a PHP backend can be found here.

Misc: axios, cors, express-session, redux-thunk.

Http client and middleware tools.

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Running the Production Build

• Pull this repo wherever you like.
• Run init.sh. This will run npm install on the backend/frontend, and then build the react project using npm run build.
• Run serve_nodejs.sh. This will serve the nodejs project with nodemon.
• Run serve_react.sh. This will serve the react build with npm.
• Your browser should automatically open a new tab and navigate to the react build on localhost:3000.

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Running the Source Code

• Run init.sh if you haven't already.
• Open the symbiote-code-test folder in your preferred IDE.
• Run cd backend && nodemon start to serve the nodejs project.
• Run cd frontend && npm start to serve the react project.

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Thank you for your time.