If you already have a dev environment (server, database, etc) you are comfortable with, go ahead and use that. If not, we suggest setting up and using Vagrant with Homestead.
Here are the high-level things you will need to do:
- Install a VM tool. We use VirtualBox
- Install Vagrant
- Install the Homestead Vagrant box
vagrant box add laravel/homestead- Clone Homestead to your working directory
git clone https://github.com/laravel/homestead.git Homestead- Checkout the latest stable version of Homestead
cd Homestead
git checkout v5.1.0- After you have those requirements installed, you'll need to do some configuration. Follow the instructions below.
Starting with Symfony Standard Edition, develop a CRUD app that will allow you to work with Drivers and Cars.
Follow these specs:
- Use Doctrine to work with the Driver and Car entities.
- Use a few different examples of property types on Drivers and Cars. (name: text, age: int, bio: long text, etc)
- Drivers will have 0 or more Cars associated to them.
- There will only be one Driver per Car.
- If you delete a Driver, all associated Cars should also be deleted.
- Use JSON response types.
- GUI is not required, can be API only.
Bonus Section (these things aren't required, but bonus points for tackling one or more of them!)
- Add authentication/firewall to the app.
- Create a Symfony Command to display/work with the Driver/Car data.
- Setup Unit Tests.
- Setup Functional Tests.