To be considered for a developer position at Hedgeye, you must successfully complete these steps **
Please note: your code will be tested on Ruby 1.9.2 and the latest version of Chrome.
- Fork this repository
- In the why_hire_me directory
- Add a file
cover_letter.txt
with cover letter type verbiage. - Fill out the
questionnaire.txt
and commit it - Anything else we should know. For example, one of your preferred development tools (editor, desktop app, etc.) and why you use it.
- Add a file
- In the simple_refactoring_exercise directory you will find some Ruby code that needs to be refactored.
- An rspec spec is provided
- Please refactor the implementation. Clarity and duplication are a given, flawed implementation is also likely.
- Please note: feel free to change the specs, but they should all be passing when you turn in your code.
- Leave a note about what you refactored and why. Calling specific smells and specific refactorings is recommended.
- In the simple_public_timeline directory, please create a simple web app (use the Ruby framework of your choice. Suggestion: Sinatra is good for a tiny app like this) that looks close to the middle column in logged out state of http://twitter.com/public_timeline
- A headline with "Recent Public Tweets"
- A smaller headline "What everyone on Twitter is talking about"
- Displays 20 entries from twitter's public timeline. Use the data/API of your choice
- For each entry, show the profile image, a link to the users profile, the tweet text, the time of the tweet, and source (i.e. "via Twitter for Android")
- Barebones style is adequate. No need for nice CSS or text wrapping.
- Provide the previously described view in 2 ways
- Have the route
/
retrieve the Twitter data on the server side and then render - Have the route
/via_js
retrieve the Twitter data with JavaScript and render it after the document loads
- Have the route
- Required
.rvmrc
andGemfile
- at least 1 spec
- Tips
- Do use gems, and JavaScript libraries.
- If you are Ruby, JavaScript, and web development savvy, it shouldn't take you that long. A sample implementation, sans specs, is less than 100 lines of text total.
- Don't get caught up on styling, that's what designers are for.
- Be careful with Twitter's rate limiting while testing.
- Commit and Push your code to your fork
- Send a pull request, we will review your code and get back to you. If your GitHub profile does not include your name, please include your name in the pull request.
** The awesome idea of github pull request as job application task was previously done by Integrum here