SHL Coding Assignment for Software Developer(AI)

Task and Tech-Stack Used

• Build an end-to-end application - both backend and frontend.
• Using Next.js for frontend and Django(Python) for Backend.
• Using Tailwind CSS for styling.
• Using SQLite database (for better portability).
• Integration process of PostGreSQL/MySQL database is similar.

Backend

• Read a file containing the details extracted from a sample of 100 projects.
• Load this information into a database.
• Implement backend APIs to access this data on front-end.
• Use GPT for smart search functionality.

Frontend

• Build a responsive application.
• Show the information in the form of Gallery/Tiles.
• Build a list view where user can explore a given project in detail,looking at all the parameters.
• Search option for specific projects.
  • Smart search functionality with the help of GPT-3.5/4 where one can do multi-attribute search. For ex, find me projects where ReactJS is used in front-end, and Python is used in backend.

Environment Variables in Backend

The Django Backend uses two environment variables in a .env file inside the projectBackend directory. The variables are:

SECRET_KEY=<django_secret_key>
OPENAI_API_KEY=<your_openai_api_key>