The goal of this practice assessment is to test your backend development skills. The objective is to write a simple JSON API.

This practice assessment will not be graded, however the official assessment will be graded based on the following criteria (so it is good practice to keep these categories in mind while completing this practice assessment):

• Correctness: Is your solution complete and does it pass different test cases?
• Code Organization, Readability, & Maintainability: Is your code easy to read and well organized?
• Code Performance: Is your code efficient? Did you use appropriate data structures?
• Best Practices: Did you utilize good programming practices (write unit tests, avoid anti-patterns)? Did you show a good grasp of your language/framework of choice?

You can use one of the following programming languages to complete the assessment: Javascript (NodeJS), Python, Ruby, Java, Go, or Rust. You may use any framework for your language of choice.

Before you tackle the assessment, it may be helpful to review in your language of choice:

1. Creating a simple JSON API

If you have never written a JSON API before, here are a few resources that can help you for different languages:

• Python - Flask (Flask JSON API)
• Javascript - Node + Express
• Java - Spring Boot (JSON API)
• Ruby - Rails JSON API

JSON Recipe File

You can paste the following JSON into a file called data.json, and use it as your data source

{
  "recipes": [
    {
      "name": "scrambledEggs",
      "ingredients": [
        "1 tsp oil",
        "2 eggs",
        "salt"
      ],
      "instructions": [
        "Beat eggs with salt",
        "Heat oil in pan",
        "Add eggs to pan when hot",
        "Gather eggs into curds, remove when cooked",
        "Salt to taste and enjoy"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "garlicPasta",
      "ingredients": [
        "500mL water",
        "100g spaghetti",
        "25mL olive oil",
        "4 cloves garlic",
        "Salt"
      ],
      "instructions": [
        "Heat garlic in olive oil",
        "Boil water in pot",
        "Add pasta to boiling water",
        "Remove pasta from water and mix with garlic olive oil",
        "Salt to taste and enjoy"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "chai",
      "ingredients": [
        "400mL water",
        "100mL milk",
        "5g chai masala",
        "2 tea bags or 20 g loose tea leaves"
      ],
      "instructions": [
        "Heat water until 80 C",
        "Add milk, heat until 80 C",
        "Add tea leaves/tea bags, chai masala; mix and steep for 3-4 minutes",
        "Remove mixture from heat; strain and enjoy"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Part 1