Symfony2 exercise

This is the repository with the exercise for the ma-residence interview.

Read the contents of this README.md carefully as it will help you to set up this exercise.

In this exercise, you will have to code a micro API using Symfony 2

Getting started

Prerequisites

This project uses all the classic stack tools needed for a SF2 project so you'll need

• a web server with PHP enabled
• a SQL database (for example MySQL)
• a git client to clone the sources
• the composer tool
• the PHPUnit testing tool (you can grab it here), it's a simple PHP script which can be run with a PHP interpreter (like composer)

Clone the Project skeleton

This repository uses git, you should clone it on your machine through a git clone.

Install the project

The project is set up to be installed through the composer tool.

The root of the project contains a composer.json file already configured. A simple composer install should install all the required dependencies. Just after the dependencies installation, the command line should prompts you to configure your Symfony2 parameters otherwise you can manually configure the project with the correct command line.

Check your system configuration

After having set up your project, confirm that your app/config/parameters.yml has the correct parameters. The most important parameters are the database related parameters.

Be sure that you have created the correct database for your project.

The 'src/ExerciseBundle'

The src/ExerciseBundle located in the src folder is where you will work. The bundle has already been registered in the app/AppKernel.php and the app/config/routing.yml is already configured (you can check it yourself).

It's up to you now!

Now read the INSTRUCTIONS.md file located at the root of the project. It contains all the instructions and hints for the project.

You can of course do several commits during the test to save your work. We'll look at the final result only.

Submitting your solution

To submit your solution, you can simply push your work into the repository (it's been made only for you).

How you will be evaluated

A bunch of tests have been written under the src/ExerciceBundle/Tests

Controllers Tests

Those tests are functional tests. They will test your API endpoints, the responses etc...

Services Tests

This folder contains a unit test which will test the final result using a test dataset

Procedure which will be executed to test your solution

• We will clone your sources
• We will set up the Symfony project
• We will import the database structure with the doctrine tool php app/console doctrine:schema:update --force
• We will launch the tests with PHP Unit phpunit -c app/

About the results

The results are important but there is no unique solution, there are various way to pass the tests successfully. We prefer a not so perfect solution than no solution at all even if you have to change a little bit the structure of the project.

Don't forget that you will have to explain and justify your choices during an interview. This exercise is mainly a way to provide discussion material for it.