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

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

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

See screenshot with results:

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.

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