CSC/ECE 517 Spring 2023 - E2317: Reimplement participant.rb

Introduction

The introduction to the Expertiza OSS project.

About Expertiza

Expertiza is an open source project based on Ruby on Rails framework. Expertiza allows the instructor to create new assignments and customize new or existing assignments. It also allows the instructor to create a list of topics the students can sign up for. Students can form teams in Expertiza to work on various projects and assignments. Students can also peer review other students' submissions. Expertiza supports submission across various document types, including the URLs and wiki pages.

Backgroud of the Project

The participant.rb has many new changes to be implemented. We have made modifications to the model in accordance with the changes that were suggested. The changes mainly dealt with removing, emerging and replacing methods. Tests were written for functions that were introduced and modified. Comments were added to each function to enhance readability.

Tasks Identified

The following changes were reimplemented in the participant.rb

1. The force_delete method was removed and leave_team method was introduced.

2. mail_assigned_reviewers method was removed.

3. able_to_review method was eliminated.

4. email method was removed as it was not required.

5. export and export_fields methods were merged to form a single method.