This is a command line app I built during my first week of programming at Makers Academy. It is an app which simulates using London's Boris Bikes, now called Santander Cycles.
| Objects | Messages |
|---|---|
| Bike | working?, break! |
| Docking_station | release_bike, return_bike |
Clone this repository and cd into it in your Terminal.
Install irb if you don't have it already and run it with:
$ irb
There are some files we need to require:
> require "./lib/docking_station.rb"
> require "./lib/bike.rb"
Now you can create a new bike and dock:
> new_bike = Bike.new
> dock = DockingStation.new
You can return your new bike back to the dock 😔:
> dock.return_bike(new_bike)
And release it to take it for a spin 😎:
> dock.release_bike
The dock has a capacity of 20 bikes, so if you try and add 21 you get an error:
And when you try and take a bike from an empty dock you also get an error:
Testing is done with RSpec. To install it run bundle in Terminal:
$ bundle
If you are getting errors installing gems you may have to add the ruby directory to your PATH first:
$ PATH="`ruby -e 'puts Gem.user_dir'`/bin:$PATH"
Then you can run the tests (located in spec folder):
$ rspec
I wanted to tackle this project from a OOP standpoint, making sure I set out the domain model first to get an overview of the objects and how they were to interact. As this was my first project I also wanted to make sure it was fully test-driven, so I also looked into how to write RSpec tests at an early stage, before writing any code. A developer is a 'knowledge worker' - someone who will spend the majority of their time researching and learning how to solve problems.
As a person,
So that I can use a bike,
I'd like a docking station to release a bike.
As a person,
So that I can end my biking journey,
I'd like to put the bike back into the docking station.