Coding Challenge - Posts

This is a response to a coding challenge using Laravel Sail and other components, including VueJS, Inertia, etc...

Assumptions:

• You do not need to be logged-in to create a post
• Only logged-in users can "like" a post

[CAUTION] This is NOT a production-ready project, and so should NOT be deployed outside of your local machine! i.e. only use this project locally.

Pre-requisites for local development / testing:

• Sufficient disk space for Docker images, containers, volumes, as well as the code
  • approx. 3.5GB
• Docker installed and running
  • https://www.docker.com/products/docker-desktop/
• Composer installed
  • https://getcomposer.org/download/
• A command line tool
• An editor or IDE
• Anything else you can think of ...

Usage

• Clone this repository to your local machine
• Copy .env.example to .env in the main project directory
  • Note: this already contains private / secure details, but as this is just a local demo project, it's not an issue
• Run composer install
  • Note: you might be asked for a GitHub OAuth token - follow any instructions displayed in the console
• Run php artisan sail:install
  • Choose mysql and press Enter
  • The install should run - follow the prompts
• Run ./vendor/bin/sail up
  • This might run for some time ^_^
• Run ./vendor/bin/sail artisan migrate
• Whilst leaving that process running, open another command line terminal in the same project directory
• In this new terminal:
  • Run ./vendor/bin/sail composer install
  • Run ./vendor/bin/sail npm run dev
• Assuming all the above has worked smoothly, you should now be able to open your web-browser:
  • http://localhost
• You should see the project running in the browser
• Enter some values for a new post, then save it - have fun!