PFL Coding Assessment

Contents

PflApp Folder contains the main application PflAppTests contains unit and integration tests for the various components

Notes on the code

The project was built on .NET Core. jQuery and Bootstrap where used for the UI.

Much of the code is .NET Core scaffolding and was not modified from its original state. The code modules to focus on for assessment are anything that has "Pfl" in its filename/foldername.

DataEncryption utility module was created to represent configuration encryption

Index.cshtml was modified to represent the products page that drives the UI.

OrdersController and HomeController where added/modified to handle product display and Ordering capabilities

The actual PFL Api integration is encapsulated within a service called PflApiSvc.

Models where created to represent the various payloads and PFL objects. Response payload objects use a schema-less approach that allows for class specialization (JsonExtensionData). I felt this was a way to cut down on the number of individual response objects needed to be created in order to support the current response payload design of the API.

Dependency Injection is used to allow modules to easily support test mocking as well as making configuration, logging, and service objects accessible across all controllers and services.

UI Wireframe is included that represents the up front design work done on the basic UI layout before coding.

Security

DataEncryption Utility module was created to aid in securing credentials to the PFL Api within the JSON configuration file of appsettings.json. The security is based on a self-signed cert "pfl.pfx" and employs AES-512

Current Capabilities

• Ability to register an account into the system. This will be used as the Customer Account for ordering.
• Login
• Selection of a Product
• Basic ordering of the product and ability to adjust quantity.
• Security of credentials

How To Run

This is a .NET Core project so either one of the following can be done:

Option 1. Build

• Install .NET Core 2.0 SDK
• Restore using "dotnet restore" command
• Building using "dotnet build" command
• Run using "dotnet run" command
• Commandline window will have the URL address to hit in order to work with the application

Option 2. Install

• Unzip pflapp-runtime.zip
• Execute PflApp.exe (Windows7 x84 or later OS's)
• Commandline window will have the URL address to hit in order to work with the application