SlackReport

Welcome to my test project for Source Medium! I hope you enjoy playing with this project as much as I enjoyed creating it!

Getting Started

Install

git clone https://github.com/savhappy/slack_report.git

cd into slack_report and setup:

mix setup

Setup Slack:

Copy this invitation and join this test slack group to see it in action: slack_group

and subscribe to this channel: "daily_rev_reports"

After completing setup, you can start your application with: iex -S mix or mix phx.server

The Application

When the application is running you can navigate to the Slack team/channel provided.

See screenshot with results:

Notes

While this is very much a sample application, it mimics what a real SlackBot might provide for daily ecommerce reports

What I'm proud of:

• The functionality is scalable and can the data layer can be easily swapped out with an external API call to Shopify.
• Post to a real Slack group.
• Supervisor. I chose to start the process under a Supervision tree to allow extensibility for more reports.
• Polling Genserver to address time intervals.

Things I would add:

• Testing. This project was exciting but for timesake I've decided to present without tests additional tests. Before shipping to prod, extensive test should be added into the context and genserver.
• A very small amount of the formatting on the notification itself is off.
• Add a functioning Share button.
• The current GenServer is quite simple and doesn't efficiently handle any asynchronous tasks. This could be an issue for larger sets of data.
• Create another table to access previpous report highlights.

Contact Me

If you have any additional questions, send an email to Savannah Manning.