Shortener PHP assessment

You are supposed to create a simple URL shortener (think: bit.ly )

Splitting given task into stories and putting estimations before coding

Task description	Given estimate	Real estimate
Investigation existing shortener solutions (shorting functions)	1h	1h
Create DB schema	30m	1h
Describe class relation	25m	25m
Create Dockerfile (Symfony 4) and tools	15m	15m
Create Contollers	1h	2h
Create Entities	30m	1h
Create Form	30m	1h
Create Shortener Service	1h	1h
Integrate and test app	3h	3h
Total	8h	10h

Resources I found and I would follow:

How app does look like

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Requirements of the assessment:

Make MVP
Design proper shortening function

Technologies used in the assessment

Symfony 4.3
Docker
Docker Compose
PHP 7.3.10
PhpUnit 7.5.17
Bash
Git
Bootstrap

Prerequisites

Docker.io and docker-compose must be installed in the system in order to be able to use the app.
OS Linux

How to setup the application:

git clone https://github.com/belushkin/shortener.git
cd shortener; ./toolbox.sh up
docker-compose exec web php bin/console doctrine:schema:create

How to run tests

./toolbox.sh tests

URL of the running app

http://localhost:8000/

http://localhost:8080 (adminer)

server: db-mysql
username: root
password: root
db: app

Basic script usage:

Application has toolbox.sh script. It is very easy run, stop, ssh, rebuild, run tests and stop the application.

./toolbox.sh up # run the application
./toolbox.sh rebuild # rebuild the image
./toolbox.sh ssh # ssh to the container
./toolbox.sh tests # run tests
./toolbox.sh down # stop the application

Contributors

@belushkin

License

MIT License