1. An Architectural Review of TAKEaTEST.Net Southern California Code Camp California State University, Fullerton January 21-22, 2006 Ben Aminnia Pointer Corporation

2. 2 Primary Goals  A Table-Driven Test Taking Tool on the Web  Conduct Multiple Test Styles, using the same Test Engine  Define Test Groups Accessible by Each Login ID  Define New Tests without Creating New Web Pages  Store Test Results in a Database

3. 3 Test Styles  Style 1 - Multiple Choice  Style 2 - Rating Scale of 0 through 5  Style 3 - Rating Scale with 5 Custom Headings  Style 4 - Rating Scale with 2-5 Custom Headings  Style 5 - Rating Scale of 0 through 5 with User Comments  Style 6 - Rating Scale with 2-9 Custom Headings and Optional User Comments

4. 4 Test Style 1 Multiple Choice

5. 5 Test Style 2 Rating Scale of 0 through 5

6. 6 Test Style 3 Rating Scale with 5 Custom Headings

7. 7 Test Style 4 Rating Scale with 2-5 Custom Headings

8. 8 Test Style 5 Rating Scale of 0 through 5 with User Comments

9. 9 Test Style 6 Rating Scale with 2-9 Custom Headings and Optional User Comments

10. 10 Scoring Styles  Different Score for each Question (e.g. The Millionnaire)  Order of Option Button  Reverse Order of Option Button (e.g. Priority Order)  None

11. 11 Design Documents  Database E/R Diagram  Web Page Navigation Chart Sanity Savers  Session Variables  Stored Procedures Summary

12. 12 Database E/R Diagram

13. 13 Web Page Navigation Chart

14. 14 The Test Engine at a Glance … Interactive Entry via www.TAKEaTEST.net www.TAKEaTEST.net Index.htm Automated Entry via Another Application ASP.NET Test Engine SQL Server Database

15. 15 Different Ways to Launch TAKEaTEST.Net  From the Internet …  Login with a Shared ID (e.g. Guest)  Login with a Private ID (e.g. CodeCamp)  Demo  From Another Application  Necessary Information Passed via Arguments  No Login Page – Proceed to Test Group  Demo

16. 16 DB Technology  Original prototype was in MS Access!  Soon converted to SQL Server 2000  A couple of in-line queries  Mostly Stored-Procedures

17. 17 DB Connection  A Mix of OLEDB and SQLConnect  Logic to Identify Local vs. WWW (thus showing certain things in Local mode only)  Connection string housed inside the code (NOT in web.config)

18. 18 Deployment Application  Development: FP2003  Production: Visual Studio Setup App Database  Major Upgrades: Script  Minor Upgrades: Redo

19. 19 Email Capabilities  Send test results to designated administrator  Via SMTP (not Outlook)  My SMTP or Yours  Optional

20. 20 Under the Hood …

21. 21 Speaker Evaluation Website:www.TAKEaTEST.net www.TAKEaTEST.net Login ID:codecamp

22. 22 My Contact Information Ben Aminnia www.pointercorp.com www.TAKEaTEST.net www.sql.la ben@pointercorp.com president@sql.la