What You Need To Do
1.You are to design and implement a simple blog.
2.Try to limit your effort to 4 days - we do not wish to take up too much of your time.
3.Make sure you state all your assumptions in your code.
4.Pages that you need to produce
oBlog entries list (this is the home page)
oPost a Blog entry.
oView a Blog entry
The Functional Specifications
1.Overview
oThe blog is publicly viewable.
oThe blog is updated by a blog Owner.
oYou do not need to implement a log-in for the Owner. Bonus if you do.
oEach blog entry can have multiple comments by other Users.
2.User Registration
oYou do not need to implement any form of User registration or log-in.
oState your assumptions how multiple Users can post Comments.
3.Blog entries list (this is the home page)
oShow number of comments for each entry
oShow date of each entry
oShow the Title and part of the Body
4.View a Blog entry
oDisplay the entry Title and Body.
oBlog entries need not be editable or deletable. Bonus if you do.
oAssociated Comments appears here.
oPost a Comment form appears here.
5.Blog Comments
oEach blog entry can have multiple comments by other Users.
oComments do not have to be threaded. Bonus if you do.
6.Optional features
oSearch, Archive, RSS feeds, Sorting options, User registration, Interactive User Interfaces
oSupport for GUI editing or HTML codes in the Body.
What you need to submit
1.PHP for code, MySQL for database.
2.You are required to submit 1 zipped file, "answer.zip". Make sure that answer.zip contains
1.All the necessary files for us to run your application. If you're using a framework, please include the entire framework as well.
2.All the necessary SQL statements and any other information for us to re-create the database you're using.
3.We may contact you should we run into problems duplicating your environment.
What we are looking out for
1.Your design of the database tables
2.How you write and organize code that is easy to read.
3.How you comment your code
As a bonus, we would also like to see-
1.Use of MVC
2.Use of CakePHP framework
3.Clever reuse of components
4.Efficient code, efficient database calls
1.You are to design and implement a simple blog.
2.Try to limit your effort to 4 days - we do not wish to take up too much of your time.
3.Make sure you state all your assumptions in your code.
4.Pages that you need to produce
oBlog entries list (this is the home page)
oPost a Blog entry.
oView a Blog entry
The Functional Specifications
1.Overview
oThe blog is publicly viewable.
oThe blog is updated by a blog Owner.
oYou do not need to implement a log-in for the Owner. Bonus if you do.
oEach blog entry can have multiple comments by other Users.
2.User Registration
oYou do not need to implement any form of User registration or log-in.
oState your assumptions how multiple Users can post Comments.
3.Blog entries list (this is the home page)
oShow number of comments for each entry
oShow date of each entry
oShow the Title and part of the Body
4.View a Blog entry
oDisplay the entry Title and Body.
oBlog entries need not be editable or deletable. Bonus if you do.
oAssociated Comments appears here.
oPost a Comment form appears here.
5.Blog Comments
oEach blog entry can have multiple comments by other Users.
oComments do not have to be threaded. Bonus if you do.
6.Optional features
oSearch, Archive, RSS feeds, Sorting options, User registration, Interactive User Interfaces
oSupport for GUI editing or HTML codes in the Body.
What you need to submit
1.PHP for code, MySQL for database.
2.You are required to submit 1 zipped file, "answer.zip". Make sure that answer.zip contains
1.All the necessary files for us to run your application. If you're using a framework, please include the entire framework as well.
2.All the necessary SQL statements and any other information for us to re-create the database you're using.
3.We may contact you should we run into problems duplicating your environment.
What we are looking out for
1.Your design of the database tables
2.How you write and organize code that is easy to read.
3.How you comment your code
As a bonus, we would also like to see-
1.Use of MVC
2.Use of CakePHP framework
3.Clever reuse of components
4.Efficient code, efficient database calls