CSC/ECE 517 Spring 2013/OSS E608

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E608. Refactoring and Testing - Course Related Classes

Classes Involved:

• models/course.rb (76 lines)
• models/course_participant.rb (94 lines)
• models/course_team.rb (116 lines)
• models/course_node.rb (95 lines)

What it does: Involves creation and management of courses in Expertiza

What needs to be done:

• It is not clear what a method named 'create_node' is doing in the 'course' class. Refactor by renaming this method appropriately.
• In the course_team class the import method seems to be doing too many things. See if this method can be broken down into smaller methods with specific functionality.
• The 'get' method in course_node.rb appears to be doing a lot. Refactor this method by breaking it up into smaller methods.
• Look for any unused methods or variables in these files.
• Also apply other refactorings such as Rename variable, Rename method to give the variables and methods more meaningful names.
• Write unit tests for all the methods in each of the listed model classes.

Changes for models/course.rb

The following changes were made:

• Renamed create_node method to create_course_node to accurately reflect the functionality of the method.
• Added the line "has_many :assigments, :dependent => :destroy" to allow CourseTest.test_destroy unit test to pass.

List of New Unit Tests and Testcases

The following lists shows new unit files and/or new testcases:

• test/unit/course_test.rb (previously existing test file)
  • test_get_teams
  • test_get_path
  • test_get_participants
  • test_get_participant
  • test_add_participant
  • test_copy_participants
  • test_create_course_node