Code Cracker - Problem Solving Platform

Overview

Code Cracker is a dynamic platform designed for coders to tackle coding challenges and foster collaboration. Built using microservices architecture, CodeForge provides a range of core services to facilitate learning and skill development.

Features

• User Management: Register and authenticate users to access platform features.
• Challenge Service: Create and manage challenges for users to solve.
• Submission Service: Submit code solutions, evaluated against predefined test cases, and receive scores.
• Discovery Service: Enable dynamic discovery of microservice instances.
• API Gateway: Serve as a single entry point for client interactions with microservices.

Architecture

Usage

• Register and log in to the platform.
• Create new challenges using the Challenge Service.
• Submit solutions and get immediate feedback through the Solution Service.
• Explore and participate in the coding community.

Functionalities

User Management

• Register Users: New users can register by providing their details.
• Authenticate Users: Handle user login and authentication.
• Manage User Profiles: Users can update their profile information and continue coding.

Challenge Management

• Create Challenges: Allow users to create new challenges.
• View Challenges: Provide functionality to view available challenges.
  • View all challenges
  • View challenges by difficulty
  • Owned challenges
• Update Challenges: Enable modification of existing challenges by the creator.

Submission Handling

• Submit Solutions: Users can submit their solutions to challenges.
• View Submissions: Provide a way to view submissions for a particular challenge.
• Evaluate Submissions: Facilitate automatic evaluation of submitted solutions.
• Scoreboard: Display scoreboard for every challenge and user separately.

Getting Started

To get started with CodeForge, follow these steps:

1. Clone the project repository
2. Update GO mod and Go sum files
3. Docker compose up backend

Tech Stack