Superformula Back-end Developer Test

Be sure to read all of this document carefully, and follow the guidelines within.

Context

Build a RESTful API that can create/read/update/delete user data from a persistence store.

User Model

{
  "id": "xxx",                  // user ID (must be unique)
  "name": "backend test",       // user name
  "dob": "",                    // date of birth
  "address": "",                // user address
  "description": "",            // user description
  "createdAt": ""               // user created date
  "updatedAt": ""               // user updated date
}

Requirements

Functionality

• The API should follow typical RESTful API design pattern.
• The data should be saved in the DB.
• Provide proper API documentation.
• Proper error handling should be used.

Tech stack

• Use Node.js LTS and any framework of your choice.
• Use any persistence store. NoSQL DB is preferred.

Bonus

• Write clear documentation on how it has been designed and how to run the code.
• Provide proper unit tests.
• Add a read only endpoint to fetch location information based off the user's address (use NASA or Mapbox APIs)
• Use Docker containers.
• Utilize Docker Compose.
• Setup a CircleCI config to build/test/deploy the service.
• Write concise and clear commit messages.
• Leverage Terraform or other infrastructure management tooling to spin up needed resources.
• Providing an online demo is welcomed, but not required.

Advanced requirements

These may be used for further challenges. You can freely skip these if you are not asked to do them; feel free to try out if you feel up to it.

• Use hapi to build the core feature and use a different framework (such as Express or Loopback) to handle HTTP requests.
• Provide a complete user auth (authentication/authorization/etc) strategy, such as OAuth.
• Provide a complete error handling and logging (when/how/etc) strategy.
• Use a NoSQL DB and build a filter feature that can filter records with some of the attributes such as username. Do not use query languages such as MongoDB Query or Couchbase N1QL.

What We Care About

Use any libraries that you would normally use if this were a real production App. Please note: we're interested in your code & the way you solve the problem, not how well you can use a particular library or feature.

We're interested in your method and how you approach the problem just as much as we're interested in the end result.

Here's what you should strive for:

• Good use of current Node.js & API design best practices.
• Solid testing approach.
• Extensible code.

Q&A

Where should I send back the result when I'm done?

Fork this repo and send us a pull request when you think you are done. There is no deadline for this task unless otherwise noted to you directly.

What if I have a question?

Just create a new issue in this repo and we will respond and get back to you quickly.