Consultancy - Goals

Learning Goals

Below are technical goals that you should be applying in this project. The priority of these goals are demonstrated using a star grading system.

By the end of this project:

Student should have a functional understanding of the concept ⭐ ⭐ ⭐, or
Student should have a familiar understanding, but may still have questions ⭐ ⭐, or
Student should be be aware of the concept, but may need further resources to implement ⭐

Note: See Learning Goals to see at what level these skills need to be by the final.

Consume one or more external APIs ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
Build APIs that return JSON responses ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
Use an external OAuth provider to authenticate users ⭐ ⭐
Refactor code for better code organization/readability ⭐ ⭐
Create a project with a separate frontend and backend ⭐ ⭐
Implement a production-quality user interface using Bootstrap or other common CSS styling framework ⭐ ⭐

Use a decorator. (Draper or something else)
Use ActionCable
Incorporate a microservice using either Sinatra or other technology.
Use background workers
Use pub/sub with a message queue
Use a browser API, such as the camera or local storage
Implement API/view caching
Implement observability - (a service like New Relic/Skylight/Honeybadger, or a performance measurement gem like rails_performance. Must include before + after measurements to illustrate & discuss value added.)
etc.

Practice good project management by using project boards, participating in daily stand-ups and team retros ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
Utilize quality workflow practices: small commits, descriptive pull requests, and code reviews ⭐ ⭐
Write thorough, understandable documentation ⭐ ⭐ (consider using Swagger)