jstfun / employeedirectoryapp

Build tools & versions used

• Xcode 14.1

• iOS 16.1

• iPhone 14 Pro (iOS 16.1) Simulator

App architecture and design patterns

• Clean architecture + MVVM
• Data Source pattern
• Repository pattern
• UseCase pattern
• Swift Concurrency

Frameworks

• SwiftUI
• Combine
• URLSession
• XCTest

Steps to run the app

1. Open EmployeeDirectory.xcodeproj

2. Run project on Xcode

What areas of the app did you focus on?

I am more focused on app architecture and design patterns to write robust, maintainable, testable, and clean code.

And I also tried to make an easy-to-use and intuitive UI at the same time.

What was the reason for your focus? What problems were you trying to solve?

Architecture design and design patterns are fundamental aspects of improving code quality and making an extensible and scalable software.

How long did you spend on this project?

5 hours

Did you make any trade-offs for this project? What would you have done differently with more time?

No

What do you think is the weakest part of your project?

The current structure is a bit over-engineered and complicated for simple functionalities.

Did you copy any code or dependencies? Please make sure to attribute them here!

No

Is there any other information you’d like us to know?

• Image cache layer

  File storage-based image cache is missing code to invalidate unused images.

• Unit testing

  We can add more unit-testing code for all components.

  I added a few unit and integration tests for test purposes.