Ruby Challenge

This repository contains a Ruby-based exercise that provides an opportunity for candidates to demonstrate proficiency of basic Ruby and problem solving skills.

Submissions will be evaluated based on the following criteria:

1. Engineering of a working solution with passing tests,
2. Code quality with specific regard to clarity and maintainability, and
3. Use of best practices both from an engineering and style perspective.

Setup

To run the project, you only need ruby, rake and minitest. There are no other gems or dependencies.

Run rake to execute the test Run bin/console to test code in the console before adding it to the Challenge class.

Requirements

Using the Challenge class at lib/challenge.rb, parse the text file at data/timestamps.txt and set the following class properies:

1. @earliest_date: The earliest date in the file
2. @latest_date: The latest date in the file
3. @peak_year: The year that is included the most in the file

Rules

• You may only make changes to the Challenge class.
• Only default and pre-bundled gems may be used.

Deliverables

After the exercise is complete, please provide a compressed (zip) copy of the entire solution repository to your Tangoe recruiter.