hipages-coding-challenge v1.0.0

hipages coding challenge

What it does?

Search for tweets related to hipages

Installation

npm install hipages-coding-challenge

##Technology Stack

• Node.js
• expressJS - node mvc framework
• angularJS
• bootstrap
• OAuth
• underscore

##Reasons

• Node.js - main reason is Universal Javascript - I am a super fan of JS and node is the ideal option
• expressJS - Node.js MVC framework which streamlines Web App Development
• angularJS - powerful front-end js library that features in two-way binding which allows for keeping view and models synced
• bootstrap - group of pre-defined CSS classes which assist me to create fancy controls with little effort
• OAuth - required for third-party app to gain access to my resources and make authenticated RESTful api calls
• underscore - JS utility library wraps up dozens of useful functions - I am using isEmpty to tell if an object has any keys

##Run Application

From the root directory: node server.js

##Note

• Use input from search bar if it has value. Alert user if input does not contain hipages
• Use either @hipages or #hipages if search bar is empty
• Current implementation only shows id, created_at and text of tweets, to load more you need to modify whiteList in tweets_client_service and index.ejs accordingly. Read https://dev.twitter.com/rest/reference/get/search/tweets before making any modification