MATHCOUNTS Web Application Andrew Ameling Helen Vasconcelos Christopher Volny Faculty Advisor - Dr. William Acosta Course Instructor - Dr. Gursel Serpen Automated Registration Concurrent Grading Intuitive User Application

MATHCOUNTS - Background Mathcounts gets kids excited about math Promotes STEM careers Contests are important Volunteers' time is valuable

Agenda Problem Formulation Solution Discussion Conclusion

Agenda Problem Formulation Solution Discussion Conclusion

Problem - Assessment Registration Grading Emails and phone exchange Decentralized Varies by site and coordinator Grading Local application Single user Not stable

Problems - Identification Lacks automation Time consuming Does not scale Error prone Learning curve

Agenda Problem Formulation Solution Discussion Conclusion

Formulation - Requirements Scalable Automated Efficient Consistent Easy Manageable

Formulation - Constraints Ease of use Fault tolerance Burst load Privacy Development time Cost Consistent, quality product

Agenda Problem Formulation Solution Discussion Conclusion

Solution - Scalable Web Application Centralized and consistent Multi-user operations Simplified and powerful Managed Familiar

Agenda Problem Formulation Solution Discussion Conclusion

Agenda Discussion "Batteries included" development Process driving success Data structures defining efficiency

Discussion - "Batteries Included" Developed fast Good engineering practice Quality outcome (maintainable)

"Batteries Included" Tools Django Web Framework Apache Httpd Web Server MySQL Database Memcached

"Batteries Included" - Django Loose coupling, tight cohesion Quick development (batteries) Consistent Scalable Free Powerful

"Batteries Included" - Apache Httpd Industry standard Scalable Free Stable

"Batteries Included" - MySQL DB Industry backed Common Scalable Free Stable

"Batteries Included" - Memcached High performance Simple Scalable Free

"Batteries Included" - Deployment

Agenda Discussion "Batteries included" development Process driving success Data structures defining efficiency

Process Driving - Registration User Registration Module School Registration Testing Site Administrator Registration

Process Driving - Admin Interface Coach's Dashboard

Process Driving - Admin Interface Testing Site Administrator's Dashboard

Process Driving - Admin Interface Mathcounts Administrator's Dashboard

Process Driving - Grade Entry One Global Database

Agenda Discussion "Batteries included" development Process driving success Data structures defining efficiency

Data Structures - Framework MVC type framework (called MVT in Django) M = Models V = Views T = Templates

Data Structures - Models Admin Interface is automatically generated Automatically creates database using ORM In general change the models not the code

Data Structures - Views Interacts with the models Application code for web app Tie the Models & Templates together

Data Structures - Templates Display for the application Simple template language Can be used with advanced front end tools Generate output code effortlessly

Data Structures - Forms Auto generated from models Easy to use and customizable

Data Structures - End Product URLs Validation LOC

Agenda Problem Formulation Solution Discussion Conclusion

Conclusion Identified problem Formulated requirements Postulated solutions Identified tools Defined process Modelled efficiency Implemented solution

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