CSC/ECE 517 Fall 2021 - E2121. Refactor suggestion controller.rb

Introduction

This page provides a description of the Expertiza based OSS project.

Expertiza is an open-source educational project based on Ruby on Rails framework.

Files Involved: suggestion_controller.rb, assignment_team.rb, sign_up_topic.rb, suggestion_controller_spec.rb (create)
The following functions are related to E2121:
- Students could submit suggestions of topic
- Instructors could approve or reject suggested topics of students
- Instructors and students could create teams

The following tasks were accomplished in this project:

Line 76 and 77: use more Ruby-like String concepts
Line 94: Refactor create_new_team to assignment_team.rb
Line 125: Refactor notification to simplify control logic.
Line 160: Refactor approve_suggestion to indicate that notification is being sent.
Test functions and increase coverage:
- Check error in approve
- Test reject_suggestion
- Test when topic_id.nil? to make sure the waitlist is cleared.
- Test the submit, student_view, student_edit, update_suggestion, add_comment function

===Procedure to Test Our project Manually