Imagine, you're a developer at TwoLines GmbH, a startup from Zurich, Switzerland. The idea of the startup is pretty simple - you develop best-in-class browser experience, with privacy and security in mind. One day, you receive a message from the CTO, Mike.
Hey there!
Tomorrow we'll have a presentation for a really biiiig investor.
They say they don't need PPTs.
They want at least some proof-of-concept for secure browsers for their toasters.
Can you share with me the executable we used last time for demo?
Cheers,
Mike
Yeah, the catch is, browser exeprience for toasters. Nonetheless, you can't remember where you've saved the executable, so you start writing it from scratch.
- You have to write a command line program, using go2web as a starting point;
- The program should implement the following CLI:
go2web -u <URL> # make an HTTP request to URL and print the response
go2web -s <search-term> # search the term using your favorite search engine and print top 10 results
go2web -h # show help
- The responses from requets should be human-readable (e.g. no HTML tags in the output)
- Add another option to the program, to impress that biiiig investor.
You can use any programming language, but not the built-in/third-party libraries for making HTTP requests. You can't build a GUI application.
Points:
- executable with basic 1 command & help -
5points - executable with 2 commands & help -
7points - executable with 1 additional option -
+1point
You can get +1 extra point if HTML response is beautifully formatted.
You can get +2 extra points if results from search engine can be accessed somehow.
You can get +2 extra points for implementing a cache mechanism.
- Before opting for some language X, make sure you have the right tools: CLI parser, HTML parser, TCP sockets;
- For CLI you can use built-in libraries;
- Use third-party libraries for parsing HTML and presenting it;
- While developing, you can launch a local server using
python3 -m http.server, to test & debug the app.