cd docker && docker-compose up -d

composer install

npm install && npm run watch

Copy over the .env.example to .env (you may need to set the DB host to localhost).

composer start

composer test

I chose to use the following technologies in this project.

• Slim 4: I chose this over Laravel or another fullstack MVC framework as I didn't need the majority of components, just the DI, request and response lifecycles. I added custom components such as Eloquent for database interaction.

• Blade and Alpine JS: I chose to use blade as the templating engine as I am more comfortable with this. I initially went down the Vue route but decided to use alpine js as this doesn't require a separate framework with webpack and transpiling. Alpine has a lot of Vue-like methods and is very pleasant to use in HTML.

• Tailwind CSS: I really like Tailwind and champion it when I can. There is something satisfying and flowing with CSS as an API (unusual concept I know).

• Docker: This is pretty standard and is used to deploy a database with an entries table already included.

I look forward to discussing and answering any questions regarding my implementation further.

• Abstract repeating template code into partials.
• Improve age calculation logic and maybe introduce a "this happened on the of your birthday facts".
• Improve asset compilation.
• Improve the entries view page to include a breakdown of facts under each entry (maybe an accordion).
• Improved validation server side.
• Improved error handling for database interactions.