CSC/ECE 517 Spring 2018/E1813 Test Menu Items Model

This wiki page is for the description of changes made under E1813 OSS Assignment for Spring 2018, CSC/ECE 517.

Introduction

Expertiza

Expertiza is an open source web application based on Ruby on Rails framework, supported by the National Science Foundation. It is a place where students can submit and peer-review learning objects (assignments, codes, write ups, websites, etc). For an instructor, expertiza allows to create and customize new or existing assignments. For students, it allows to create and work on various projects and assignments. It provides a platform to peer review other students' submissions across various document types, including the URLs and wiki pages.

Test Driven-Development

Test-driven development (TDD) is a software development process that relies on the repetition of a very short development cycle: Requirements are turned into very specific test cases, then the software is improved to pass the new tests, only. This is opposed to software development that allows software to be added that is not proven to meet requirements. Advantages of using TDD:

• Narrowing Problem Focus
• Tidier Code
• Not worrying about dependencies
• Easier refactoring
• Better Test coverage and fewer bugs

Problem Statement

This project uses assignment.rb. This is one of the most complex files in Expertiza. It contains a lot of methods that are long and hard to understand. These methods need to be broken down into simpler and more specific methods that are easier to read/understand. Also, the few instances of code duplication that exist should also be removed.

Files Involved

The files we made our changes in :

1. spec/models/menuitems_spec.rb

Team Members

Team members who collaborated to work on this problem are :

1. Harish Pullagurla

2. Kalyan Ghosh

3. Sandeep Rajendran

Plan Of Work

This is the course of solution we followed throughout our project:

Testing Details

RSpec

There were no existing test cases for the GradesController. We have added a new spec file 'grades_spec.rb' which covers testing scenario for the newly added method. The specs were run on the previous and current files and they return the same results implying that the refactored code does not break anything. As the model was not changed, no test cases were added for the model.

References

1. Expertiza on GitHub
2. GitHub Project Repository Fork
3. The live Expertiza website
4. Demo link
5. Expertiza project documentation wiki
6. Rspec Documentation
7. Clean Code: A handbook of agile software craftsmanship. Author: Robert C Martin