Search UI Code Challenge

Welcome to the Search UI coding challenge. You will be asked to build a small application demonstrating your abilities in React and TypeScript. This challenge is targeted towards mid to senior level engineers.

Instructions

1. Clone this repository to your local machine
2. Create a simple UI that meets the requirements below
3. Compress your work into a .zip file that includes your name and email it back to us for review.

Additional Notes

• Use any libraries you like, keeping performance and bundle size in mind
• Use any UI framework you like, but don't spend too much time here
• This challenge should only take an hour or two

Development

Install dependencies using npm install.

Run npm start to concurrently start the server and UI in development mode.

Open http://localhost:3000 to view the UI in the browser. The page will reload if you make edits.

API

• The API server is run on port 3001 while the React UI is run on port 3000
• Your UI can call /api/data?search=[some-query] directly since the request will be proxied to http://localhost/api/data?...
• You will to need access the API on port 3001 if you're testing it directly from outside your application (e.g. http://localhost:3001/api/data?search=credit)

The Problem

As a consumer I want to research financial topics so I can make informed decisions.

Requirements

Scenario: The application shall provide a search form
  Given the user visits the application
  Then a search field is displayed
  And a button is displayed with the text "Search"

Scenario: The search shall be triggerable by clicking the "Search" button
  Given the user has entered a search query
  When the user clicks the "Search" button
  Then matching search results are displayed

Scenario: The search shall be triggerable by pressing the Enter key
  Given the user has entered a search query
  And the input field is currently focused
  When the user clicks presses the Enter key on their keyboard
  Then matching search results are displayed

Scenario: A loading state shall be shown while search results are loading
  Given the user has entered a search query
  When the user submits their search
  Then a loading state is shown until the search results are available

Scenario: Search results shall show result title and description
  Given a user has performed a search
  When search results are displayed
  Then the title and description of each search result are displayed

Scenario: Clicking a search result shall open its URLs in a new tab
  Given search results are displayed
  When search result is clicked
  Then the URL of the search result is opened in a new tab

Scenario: Search results shall be marked as their content type
  Given search results are displayed
  Then each result is clearly marked for the end user as a video, a playlist, or a blog post in a readable way

Scenario: The user shall be informed if no search results match their query
  Given the user has performed a search
  When there are no results matching their search query
  Then the message "There are no results matching your query." is displayed