TVShows

iOS Code Challenge for GonetUSA

Instructions

Main architecture decisions you've made and a quick explanation of why.

Patterns and project structure

• Used simple MVC to avoid complicating project structure
• Separated files in different folders to keep them categorized
• Used MARK: - comments to segment code

Views

• Used Storyboards and tried leaving most of the UI configuration within the storyboards
• Used different screens and ViewControllers for Favorites and TVShows to avoid having lots of conditions for presentation
• Used a XIB file to configure the cell's presentation
• Added NibName and ReuseIdentifier as static properties within the cell's Class to keep naming consistency

Network

• Used URLSession directly to request the data instead of using another external dependency
• Used CachedURLResponse to cache images, helping to avoid saving the images manually and using another external dependency like SDWebImage

Models

• Used Codable lean Models to allow simple JSON decoding, instead of using Dictionaries
• Added Realm as storage to save user data, simplifies greatly data storage
• Created separate storage object as DTO to simplify store objects lifecycle

Misc

• Created extensions to enforce function reusability
• Used enum's as constants
• Used enums to manage ViewController state
• Avoided duplicated code where possible

List of third party libraries and why you chose each one.

• Realm: To save user data locally

What in your code could be improved if you had more time.

• Change network layer to accept more services
• Improve error handling
• Separate ViewController extensions in multiple files
• Improve detail view, adding more fields and information
• Check if the API allows pagination to avoid loading all shows at once
• Change strings to Localization files
• Add search by show name
• Add filters, by tags, by status
• Add sort by tags, by status, by year

Mention anything that was asked but not delivered and why, and any additional comments.

N/A

Demo (video)

video_2022-09-29_12-42-03.mp4

video_2022-09-29_12-41-59.mp4