CSC/ECE 517 Fall 2017/E1752 Refactor assignments controller
Introduction
Expertiza is an open source webapp built on Ruby on Rails stack. It provides a platform to students with various features like peer-reviewing projects, submitting work, form teams, viewing grades etc. The project is being built and maintained by students and faculty at NCSU.
About Assignments Controller
The file assignments_controller.rb handles the logic behind Expertiza assignments and enables the creation and managements of assignments by instructional staff.
About Refactoring
Refactoring of computer software or code is the process of restructuring existing computer code—changing the factoring—without changing its external behavior. Refactoring improves nonfunctional attributes of the software. Refactoring aids in code readability and keeps the code well maintained and easy to understand.
Refactoring actions perfomed
- Formatting the code for readability and convention,
- Breaking down large chunks of code in to smaller manageable chunks.
Software Testing
Software testing is a process of examining a program or application with the intent of finding the software bugs. In software developemnt, it is usually definated as the process of validating and verifying that a software program or application or product meets the specified business and technical requirements.
Addition, software is tested to:
- Detect and rectify and errors made during the development phase,
- Ensure customer satisfaction in the application,
- Ensure the quality of the software product and
- Optimize the performance of the system,
RSpec Testing
Testing actions perfomed
- Creating new tests for each method,
- Testing the each method and making sure the tests pass.