This project was created with Ruby 2.7.1. You can use anything you like to install this version, I like https://github.com/rbenv/rbenv personally
https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/#server
https://docs.docker.com/compose/install/
docker-compose build
docker-compose run web rake db:create
docker-compose run web rake db:migrate
docker-compose run web rake db:seed
docker-compose up
Navigating to http://localhost:3000/ will allow you to create/log in as a standard User.
Navigating to http://localhost:3000/staffs/sign_in will allow you to create/log in as a Staff user. There is currently (deliberately) nothing preventing anyone from creating a staff user for ease-of-use of this take home project. In the real world you would us course wish to prevent this, typically not allowing Admin-type users to be created via the unauthenticated UI at all and restricting it to already-created admin users or even console-only access.
A seed file containing several books is included as part of set-up
Run the test suite:
docker-compose run web bundle exec rails test
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The 'search by genre' functionality will only return results for your selected library! For example, if you search the Austin Branch for 'Epic' you will get no results, but if you switch to the Chicago Branch and try, you will get back The Hobbit (as it is the only book with that genre.)
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Dates in the views are being deliberately
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The db/seed file creates a standard user to log in as that has some example data populated (a newly loaned book, a 50% due book, an overdue book, a returned book) so that you don't have to manually populate anything.
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Staff users cannot use the site like a normal user, they're simply special admins who can only look at overdue books for all users.
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I didn't have time to get automatic geolocation working and am preferring to get the take home back to you all in a reasonable amount of time.