Web Directory For Computer Science Projects

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Web Directory For Computer Science Projects

• Nidhi Goel
• Course CS 491B
• Instructor Prof. Chengyu Sun
• December 8, 2006

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Introduction

• Web Directory for CS Projects
• Public computerized web library for student
  projects
• Useful in publicizing work done by CS department
  students
• Showcase for good projects
• Helpful in knowing about previous students'
  projects and achievements
• Useful in searching projects easily
• Useful in downloading project files

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Motivation

• CS department offers lot of courses every quarter
• This is the best resource for advertising student
  projects
• Projects made by students go as waste if nobody
  uses them reduces motivation for doing
  interesting projects
• Students can show their projects to recruiters
  easily
• Projects available on this directory can be used
  by anyone for real life applications

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Technologies Used

• JSP(Java Server Pages)
• Generates web contents dynamically
• Used C-tag and SQL-tag libraries
• SQL server database
• Used for storing and maintaining user data
• Front Page Express
• Very useful in designing web pages quickly

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System Design
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System Accessibility

• User Registration
• First a user has to register into the system
• System Login
• Once registered, user can log into system
• Features will be accessible according to user
  category

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User Categories

• Administrator
• Instructors
• Students
• Guest Users

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Workflow - Administrator
Home Page
Manage Projects
Search Projects
Enable/Disable any User
Approve/Reject any Projects
Email students

Quick Search
Basic Search using student name, project name,
description, class name, no. etc.
View/Edit any Project
Download any Project files
Comment on any project
Rate the project as featured
Public Files
Private Files
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Workflow - Instructor
Home Page
Manage Projects
Search Projects
Enable/Disable student(s)
Approve/Reject group's student project(s)
Email students

Quick Search
Basic Search using student name, project name,
description, class name, no. etc.
View/Edit group member's projects
Download Project files
Comment on any project
Rate the project as featured
Public Files
Private Files
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Workflow - Student
Home Page
Manage Projects
Search Projects

View/Edit Project
View Project Comments
Add Project
Upload/Download Project files
Basic Search using student name, project name,
description, class name, no. etc.
Quick Search
Individual Project
Group Project
Public Files
Private Files
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What I Learnt ...

• Design techniques
• Experimentation process ended with a lot of
  understanding and experience in software design
• Example Found that use of table format was
  better than frames in this project
• How to upload files
• How to download files
• Methodologies for searching text in database
• How to email using Java-mail

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System Evaluation

• This application is very easy and quick to use
• Evaluated Upload Files function
• Uploaded files and original files matched byte by
  byte
• Download Files function
• Downloads files very quickly
• File comparison checks were positive
• Search function
• Gives search result very quickly for any text
• Other features working fine with no known bugs

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Summary

• This application makes it very easy to advertise
  student projects
• Important features include search of projects,
  upload/ download of files, sending email to
  students etc.
• Web directory is easily accessible from anywhere
  on internet.
• Learnt how to choose good design techniques in
  the process of accomplishing the project

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Demo

• http//cs3.calstatela.edu8080/cs491stu05/index.js
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