⚖️ HMCTS DTS Developer Challenge

The most robust to-do list, the world has ever seen.

🚀 Usage

Before you start, make sure you have the following installed:

• Go (version 1.20 or higher): https://go.dev/dl/
• Air (live reloading tool): https://github.com/air-verse/air
• SQLite: Required for the database.
  • Linux (Ubuntu/Debian): sudo apt install sqlite3
  • macOS: brew install sqlite (requires Homebrew)
  • Windows: Download and install from SQLite website or use a package manager like Chocolatey (choco install sqlite)

Run the following commands to start this project (Recommended):

$ git clone https://github.com/leonwigley/dts-developer-challenge.git
$ cd dts-developer-challenge/
$ go mod tidy
$ air

OR run the binary included within bin/ (Optional: may not work for all systems!)

$ bin/./server

Go to http://localhost:3000/ in your browser.

🛠️ Tech Stack

• Server: Go
• Database: SQLite
• Front-end: HTMX

✅ Challenge Criteria

• API endpoint (JSON): http://localhost:3000/api/tasks
• Stores tasks in an SQLite database
• Create a task with the following properties:
  • Title
  • Description
  • Status
  • Due date/time (default format)
• Retrieve a task by ID: http://localhost:3000/api/tasks/:id
• Update task status (e.g. mark as completed): press Complete, or use: curl -X PUT http://localhost:3000/api/tasks/:id -d 'status=completed'
• Delete a task by id: press Delete, or use: curl -X DELETE http://localhost:3000/api/tasks/:id
• Includes validation and error handling
• Includes unit tests, use: go test -v

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Thank you for considering my application 😊