Internet Technologies Projects 2009-2010

Internet Technologies
Projects Evaluation
Academic Year: 2009/2010

Maximum points 15 (50% of the total)

Tibnetwork

Student: 4415
Grade: 13
Motivations:The user interface is generally clear and well designed, but it is quite rudimentary. For instance, the interface for displaying the list of task is too simple and there is an important information that is missing, i.e., who has created a task. Moreover, the description is truncated in a simple and very brute way,just a few character are shown. Probably, the description should be only available if the user click on the "accept" button. BTW, I would put a generic button that says "browse" close to a task, and then in a second window to allow the user to manage the task (accept, declare that is done, or delete). When the user has accepted a task, who introduced the task can declare that the task is done, but actually cannot check in any way that the task is really done (it is out of the system business apparently). The banning of the users seems not to work. I tried to ban a user, and the system says that the user was "deleted". The user then could create a task or accept other task. No changes. The code is well structured, MVC is used: controller (servlet) and view (jsp). Simple javascripts are used for input validation (calendar popup). CSS have been used. JSP fragments have been used to include headers, navigation menu and footer.

Tour Database

Student: 6885
Grade: 15
Motivations: Very nice project. The user interface is reasonably well designed and the site is easy to use. The provided functionality is a good starting point for a site for sharing tours. The integration of map functionality using google maps is nice and well done. The report is clear, well written and complete. The code is correctly separated in packages. There is a particular implementation of the view, a sort of MVC, some parts reside in the servlets and some inside JSP. The page is built using JSP fragments.
The code is very clean and simple to read. Advanced js, like Web HTML Editor (Tyny MCE) and Google Maps integration (load GPX-format GPS data). Use of external CSS, clean HTML. Use of tag libraries (JSTL).

News and Links

Student: 10030338
Grade: 13
Motivations: The user interface is nice but the available functions are limited. When adding a news only a title and an hyperlink can be provided, I would expect at least the possibility to add a description. There is no indication to the user that he has been recognized after the login.So it is not clear the behavior of the system in this case. If one is logged in then the system should not enable the user to register, but this is possible. I entered as admin but I could not see the admin functionality, i.e., list of users (error). It is strange that you must first login as admin and then access a URL that is not shown in the user interface.The interface does not show who (i.e., the author) has entered a news, this is not acceptable, you should mention at least the user that entered that news. If you give a positive rating to an item two times nothing happen but the system does not explain why. The report is generally clear, but there are many English mistakes. Regarding the code, no packaging is used - all java files are in default package.
MVC and JSP part is good: uses jsp includes, jstl library, beans. CSS is also ok. Very minimalistic java script of two functions that change the CSS values if username and password are empty.DB part is pure, without preparation statements or escaping injections.

MemoWeb

Student: 7398
Grade: 12+
Motivations: First of all the project report is very poor. English is bad. Many sentences have no clear meaning. The most important concepts are not defined. The supported functions are not illustrated in a coherent and logical way.Figures are introduced but not explained. There are many mistakes, such as items called with different names in different parts. There is no description of the software architecture, only the database model. The web application itself is not clear. It is not clear the benefit for the user, and how the user should exploit it. The main concepts that are supposed to be used are unclear. What is a label? How the user should use these labels? There is no possibility to search for either expressions or definitions, so I do not understand how one can use this application. Part of the database connection job is done inside JSPs - that's not good. CSS is used and also js (JQuery Framework). The JSTL tag libraries are widely used. Servlet are included in jsp (as utility libraries) - not MVC, and it is a bad usage of servlets.

Sharing Exams

Student: 6150
Grade: 14
Motivations: The report is not well structured. A large part of the report is just listing the class definitions. There is no clear description of the system architecture. There are some flow diagrams but these are not very illustrative of the basic system behavior. The English is somewhat poor, there are many errors. The functionalities implemented are ok - even too much. The GUI has some usability problem it is quite difficult to understand the workflow for inserting a new course. During the execution some exceptions were raised (I tried to download the exam EX_3323307, Wintersemester, 2010 and got an exception.). In general the set of functions is quite complete and uploading, downloading exams worked out. It also works the relationships between users and courses. The comment functionality is also working correctly. I found very sophisticated the functionality for adding courses to programmes of a University. But there are bugs. I added a course, then I assigned the course to a professor, but this was not saved. I repeated this three times but it does not work. The course was added to the programme. MVC+JSP is ok, one file contains error of not closing bracket. Uses jstl and beans. CSS usage is good and commented.

Bicycle Blog

Student: 10030336
Grade: 15
Motivations: The report is very well written, clear and compact. The application functionalities are OK, and the web site appears to be simple and intuitive. The graphical user interface is nice. The code is correctly separated in packages and is very clean. JSP, JSTL and js (form validation) are used.
MVC is correctly implemented in servlet. Use of external CSS. This is a very good project.

Alpine Sport

Student: 5784
Grade: 15
Motivations: This is excellent in any sense. The report is very clear. The set of implemented functions is more than requested. You have also implemented a workflow support for content editing. The web site is simply fantastic. Very well done. Good structure. Good CSS. JSP is ok, uses jstl. Slightly too much logic inside JSP (some java code) and many if, else. Would be good to move as much as possible of logic code to the servlets. Good DB management with prepare statements. However, I would suggest to move all the DB accessing code from servlet to special classes. Good java script.

Photo Repository

Student: 10030335
Grade: 15-
Motivations: It is a clean project. The requested functionalities are implemented. The interface is nice (not really super). There is a minor problem: when you logout you get a strange error message "You are in a wrong place - You were trying to access users panel while having no rights to do that!". This makes sense if you are trying to access a page that you cannot see, but not as goodbye message. The report is well written and illustrate all the project aspects. Code correctly separated in packages. The database is used just for users and the connection implementation is simple. There is some java code inside a JSP instead using JSP tags (or JSTL) to retrieve beans. MVC is implemented. The jQuery framework (js) is used. CSS is used. The code is quite clean.

mp3Shop

Student: 10030334
Grade: 13
Motivations: There are some problems with the user interface. After having registered I did not receive any confirmation message, the same page was reloaded but without showing the entered credentials (password) so I was unsure that the system registered me. Actually the system created a new user. The link to change the profile is called "preferences", this does not sounds intuitive. In a mp3 shop one would assume that mp3 files can be uploaded or downloaded, but this is not supported. You say that registered users cannot add new categories, but I added a new song with a new category. When you try to insert a song that is already in the DB the song is not added, but the interface does not provide a meaningful explanation ("Insertion has failed, please try to fill form again:"). Search is case sensitive, it could be very difficult to retrieve anything. I log out and log in as a new user and the interface shown the results of a query made when I was logged in as a different user. This is clearly a sign of a bad implementation of session management. I deleted a song and no feedback message was given. I listed again the songs and now the song is not there anymore. Bad design of this simple function. The report is OK. Powerful usage of java scripts. CSS is also ok. Clean MVC and JSP that uses beans and jstl. Usage of DB is in some places without prepare statements in others with prepare statements, however, uses connection pooling library, that is advanced feature. Moreover, student uses a lot of DB code in servlets which is not so good style.

Ferrata Recommender System

Student: 10030330
Grade: 15+
Motivations: Very nice project. The application is rather complex and implements a lot of functionalities. The report is clear (even if I would have described a bit more the user interface and the system functions). The application support recommendations, search, user and item management. The strange feature that I have found is that the user preferences, for making a query, are persistent: so if I logout and login and ask for recommendations I get recommendations for the same query that I made in the previous session. The code is written in an excellent way.

Dictionary

Student: 10030337
Grade: 13+
Motivations: Very simple project. The lookup function is primitive, it only looks at the first entry of a pair of words (the second is the translation of the first and viceversa). So if I enter "cane" in Italian, which is translated into "dog" in English, then the system search only for "cane" and not "dog". The search function is very simple and looks exactly for the entered string (if for instance the string is at the end of a sentence and there is a punctuation mark then it does not find it). At a certain point in the interaction I was not able to add any new term. I have entered both "example" and "explanation", but the example content is not shown - is lost. I had to enter it again when browsing the various word. The functionality of the system is very limited and basically not useful. The report is not very clear. The structure of the project is good. However, java classes packaging is a bit strange. For example, there is DictionaryDAOAbstract and DictionaryDAO. I would make DictionaryDAO.Abstract package. JSP part is good. It uses a lot of includes, I think even a bit too much. jstl is used in a proper way. In general all MVC is ok. CSS is good, Java script is simple, but student shows that he knows how to use it. DB part is strong.

Net-Haven

Student: 7384
Grade: 15
Motivations: The report is well written, it is clear and provide all the required information. In the form that is used to add a link in a collection, after the link is added the system should clear the input fields to let the user enter a second link (minor usability issue). The search function is not very useful, it does not search in the links' descriptions. Anyway the system functions are those required and the project is well done. The code of the project is well structured, but there is some java (business logic) inside JSP. MVC is correctly implemented. External CSS and js was used. A good project and also quite complex.

Short loungE

Student: 7219
Grade: 13
Motivations: The layout of this web site is quite unusual. After you complete the registration process there is no message saying if this was successfully completed or not. I had problems with the password but the system just colored the background of that input field in red without any explanation. After you have registered, in order to login, the system asks "username" but I did not entered a username. I tried, and it worked with the email. These are all example of bad design (usability issues). I tried to download a "short" but I was forwarded to a non existing web site "http://www.downloaddafile.com/". It is quite strange that a registered user can see the list of all users. I do not know what is happening in the input field that is used to enter a news but the system adds some strange character. The implemented functions are fine, but the system suffers from serious usability issues. The report is fine. Project structure is clear. DB part is not very good. There is DB code without preparation statements in the servlet code. However, there is also part of DB code which is proper. CSS is used mainly inline, which I find not so good. Not very correct MVC model. It uses something like: address = "index.jsp?pageNumber=" + number; but its hard to read such code. JSP uses beans and jstl in a proper way. CSS is good and uses many selectors.

EseCarRentals

Student: 5704
Grade: FAIL
Motivations: After you have registered there is no message that the registration was either successful or not. When I entered in the home I got a message that the registration was not successful. I tried to use the username and password that you provided but I get a blank page. So registration is not working. The application simply shows two pages. The report is unclear, not well written and incomplete. This is not sufficient to pass.

Volleyball Manager

Student: 7317
Grade: 15
Motivations: Very well written report. The registration process is perfect. The system supports the possibility to rate exercises, get random and "recommended" exercises, or simply access the user's own exercises. That's cool. You have also implemented a keyword based search functionality. User management is excellent. Everything worked really fine. Code is fine.

Snow Days

Student: 6822
Grade: 15
Motivations: Very nice and professional user interface. Rather sophisticated set of user types and capabilities. User management is very very good. Multimedia content is also managed. The report is simply excellent - all the details are included, it is well written and very informative. The system structure and organization is excellent. Very good project. Project code is well structured, but there is some java logic inside JSP. Database is called from JSP and not from servlet, so an unorthodox MVC is used.
External CSS and js was used. The code is quite good and clean. The project was mostly developed using jsp and a PSSQLAccess class that includes all db services called mostly from JSP's.

Photo Sharing

Student: 5800
Grade: 14-
Motivations: Quite interesting the solution to upload an image, i.e., to upload the image in another server and then link the image. Maybe this process should be better explained in the web site, not only in the report. The layout of your pages sometimes is not really good, this should be improved. User management is ok, but it is strange that a user cannot be promoted to admin by an admin. Comments are working. The report is ok, could better explain the system architecture. JSP are a bit confusing. No use of jstl makes it hard to read. Too much logic inside. HTML part with 20 <br/> tags in a row is not making code nice. Naming of jsp is a bit confusing: myPicture, otherPicture, newPicture. Structuring of the java classes is also confusing: packages itProject and servlets. No beans at all. User and Image classes have no empty constructors, have DB code inside! No usage of MVC. Basic java script.

SmallAds

Student: 6977
Grade: 15+
Motivations: The motivations for building another web site for selling used items are not so evident, but this is not an important issue for your project. The Web site layout is very nice, simple and intuitive.There are some minor issues with font sizes, but these can be easily fixed. Very well supported the navigation in the product categories. Good the solution to enable the user to hyperlink an ad. I tried to insert my address, but since the address is longer than 20 chars I could not enter. 20 chars is too small. Very good search functionality. Good registration functionality. The report is excellent. The structure of the controller is very sophisticated. The project is well structured and the code is neat. One of the best code wise. Javascript, css and jstl tag libraries are used. Right implementation of MVC in servlet and layered db services.

CSMA

Student: 6914
Grade: 12+
Motivations: This is a very simple web site, and there are some problems. I registered, then I login, but when I tried to add a song a wrong message said that I had to login first. I log out, but the user interface is still saying that there is one user logged in. These are all inconsistencies, that should not occur. In the report you say that registered user can edit but using the system I discovered that this is not the case. In a web site that support the management of music scores I would assume that one should be able to add a score, but this is not the case. The information about the number of online users is not updated. I connected from two browsers and said correctly that there are two users, but then I exit from one browser and the system keeps saying that there are 2 users connected. You have not followed the recommended approach for building the application. For instance JSP are doing "control" operations that should be done in a servlet (e.g., building beans and then forwarding to a servlet). Project is well structured. DB part is pure, without prepared statements and done directly in the servlets. Not fully using servlet possibilities:
for example, redirect is done: out.println("<script type=\"text/javascript\"> window.location = \"index.jsp\"</script>"); A lot of logic in JSP; they are full of java code. Good java script (at least a lot of code :) ). Main CSS style file is ok, but many other JSPs contain also a lot of inline style.

Learning by doing

Student: 7125
Grade: 15-
Motivations: It is a bit strange that if a search does not retrieve any course the explanation message is given on the left part of the interface, but the user entered the query in the middle. The functionality for adding a comment initially was not working. The admin functions are listed in the middle section of the page and are not clearly displayed. The registered user either have all the privileges (create and delete courses, etc.) or he is only a guest. I tried several times to add a comment but I was always forwarded to the home and nothing happened. The report is very clear and well written, the code structure is nicely described. Anyway, it was very easy to insert a course, add a new topic, and operate the admin functions. So the project is generally good. The project code is well structured; code is separated in packages. Usage of jstl, and javascript. MVC is correctly implemented. Use of external CSS.

Moto Tour

Student: 5821
Grade: 14
Motivations: The search function is not working in the best way. I searched for tours in alto adige, starting from bolzano, and even if there is one in that region no result was given. You have to be really clever in writing exactly the same place as it was entered by the user that inserted the tour. Another strange feature is that when the system replies with a result the input form is cleaned so that the user cannot know anymore the original query (that for instance retrieved no result). It is not explained how a user can enter the required information for displaying the tour on google maps. These are clear usability problems of your web site. The functionality for adding a report is ok. Making comments is also straightforward. However, it is not clear (not explained in the report) what is the difference between super-user and admin or moderator. In the report only admin and registered user functions are explained. The system is rather complex but there are these inconsistencies that jeopardize the application. The report is good and shows that you have structured correctly your application (MVC). MVC is ok, JSP uses beans, maybe a bit too much logic in JSP - its full of if clauses. CSS ok, uses many selectors. Good structure of the projects. DB is without prepare statements, but with escaping of injections, which is acceptable.

RIB (Registro Italiano Bagnini)

Student: 4865
Grade: 12
Motivations: There are some usability problems. I looked at the details of one course and found button generically labeled "submit". I guess that this is to enroll, but this should be specified. I navigated an hyper link that should bring me to a comment. In the comment page again there is a submit button whose role is unclear. I tried and that brings back to previous page. A comment is visualized in a very bad way, showing some numbers that have no meaning for the user. I tried to register and received a message "invalid user" without any explanation. Actually the system registered me. After I was registered I could modify also the comments of other users. Comments are not labeled by the name of the user that commented. This is clearly something that should not occur. I enrolled to a course and then this appears in the list of my courses but still with a button that enable me to enroll. I would assume that you may want to discard an enrollment not to repeat it if you are already enrolled. The labels in the user interface for entering the data for creating a new course are awkward: what is the meaning of "str20_course"? Not clear. In conclusion the user interface of this application is poor. In the report there are some mistakes (a servlet is called model) but apart from this is good. In JSP usually the code is clear and the various fragment are correctly subdivided (jsp in includes dir, css, images and js in separate dir). But ther are lot's of java code fragments in one JSP (should be moved in a servlet), also used for database connection. There are HTML fragments in servlets and this is not the best way to generate HTML code.
JQuery is used for js.

Movie Database

Student: 4833
Grade: FAIL
Motivations: After registration I tried to login but the system reports always a strange error "please write correctly the name of a movie". This does not make any sense. But then I see a button for logout so it is unclear the outcome of this process. I tried to see the list of users without having performed the login and I received another strange message "Please first Login here and then delete the movie", I was not deleting any movie. Apparently there is only one movie in your database. When I asked the list of movies only one was retrieved. The user interface show a button with label "delete" that it is not clear what is doing. Comments are not linked to movies, so I do not understand the meaning of that. I used the search function in the comment page and it does not work, whatever is the input the result is always a comment "hahahahah". I was trying to enter a new movie but I could not finish because I was not able to enter a valid date, and the system does not say anything about the format of a valid date. I wanted to add a comment to a movie but the form requested me to remember the title of the movie. How I can enter this? The comment function should be available when you browse the movie. In the page for user management there is a list of users and then at the end buttons for deleleting, upgrade, etc. a user. But To which user this action applies? Unclear. You have to enter the email of the user that you want to consider. The report is not clear. Does not explain how to operate the system. The description of the used technologies is very abstract and general. There is no information about the system architecture. JSP is ok, it uses beans and jstl. Java script is complex, mainly reused of the lab. CSS is mainly inline which is not good. The MVC is used, but logic is somehow strange. For example, student lists all the users in one JSP. However, it lists only one movie (there is not for cycle...) in other places.

Moving Photos

Student: 10030331
Grade: 9+
Motivations: I registered and the when trying to login with the given credential I could not login. In the registration from you must give a userin, but in the login form the systems wants the email address. When a new user enters, in the home there is a link to "delete user". This is for deleting the current user. You should never put such a function in the home, there should be these type of functions in the personal page used to manage the profile. The home page of the application does not tell much on the goal of this application. It is more or less a white page with a login form. This is not acceptable.The picture uploaded cannot be seen, neither in the same session nor later on. When creating the album I inserted the email of another user, which in this way is supposed to see the uploaded picture, but he cannot. So the project does not support the basic functionality that is declared in the report. The page layout is very primitive. There is in practice no user management functionality. The report is not very informative. In conclusion this is an unsatisfactory project. There are unused files (e.g. html files) that should be removed. Javascript functions are defined in JSP, is better to move all function in an external js file. There is some java code inside the JSP's, should be moved in servlet. There is a kind of MVC implemented. Sometimes the code is quite clean but sometimes confused and not correctly implemented in the right package/class. For example the AlbumBean.java contains not only the bean definition but also the connection to the database. CSS and JSTL tag libraries are used.

Paragliding Market

Student: 10030311
Grade: FAIL
Motivations: This application is not working. I cannot login or see any item.

Encyclopedia

Student: 7056
Grade: 15
Motivations: This is a very good project. The report is nicely written. The set of functions is complete. The user interface is clear and easy to use. I have not found any major problems. There are some minor issues described next. The search functionality is case sensitive (it should not be). It is a bit annoying the redirection to the home page when there is no result for a search, but it is a matter of opinion. After the registration a user should not enter the login data again. There are some problems when creating a new article. If the title is too long the system says (erroneously) that the imput title has been already used. The code is clean and all the right technologies have been used.

MotoBikes

Student: 7203
Grade: 14.5
Motivations: Very good project (with som minor issues). The implemented functions are overall correct. I found only some minor issues in the profile update function. I accessed my profile data, for modifying it, and I did not find all the inserted data (some were reset to the default value). Apparently the phone numbers and the birth date were not saved in the profile. In another case the system discarded one of the two phone numbers that I inserted and saved one phone number for both (mobile and telephone). This is only apparent, since when the user profile data are only browsed - browsing the users' list - the right information is displayed. There is a problem in the modify-profile form; that is not showing correctly what is stored in the DB. Another minor issue was detected when adding data in the motorbike description. I entered the power as 72.5 but the system was not able to parse the float number; I entered 72 and it worked. There is another problem that I detected; a user without the right to edit a motorbike can (sometime) delete a motorbike. This happened once. Then the second time I tried the system correctly did not present the link for editing/deleting a motorbike. The other functions for browsing and editing items and comments or ok. The appliation is clear and well designed. The report is also well written. The code is well structured and all the required technologies have been used.

Cinenite

Student: 5745
Grade: 13.8
Motivations: The report contains several "little" English mistakes and does not illustrate (with snapshots) the typical usage of the system. Also the database structure is not even illustrated with a diagram. Also the web site contains some minor language mistakes ('cast' and not 'cost' is the group of actors). There are also many usability issues; for instance when I look at some details (e.g., cast) of a movie, there should be a link to go back to the main screen for the movie. At that point, one has to use the back button. Some labels in the user interface are not visible, covered by other graphical elements (Firefox and Chrome). In the user profile show screen there is the possibility to select a picture to upload but there is no upload button. The only way to obtain the list of the movies stored in the system is to search for an empty string; this does not seem to be the best option. It is unclear how a user can send a message to another user; I was not able to find a way to do that by browsing the user interface. At the end I discovered that you have to locate a user, by searching for something, and then when user data are visualized you can finally invite a user, send a message or change his/her privileges. The code is well structured and all the important technologies have been used.

Wallpaper

Student: 5708
Grade: 13.5
Motivations: In the Wallpaper section I cannot see any picture. I can see the information but not the pictures. You have probably forgot to include the images when you uploaded the site. Most of the site does not work with Firefox (there are also exceptions because js are not working and there are wrong requests to the server). I had to test it using google chrome. A banned user cannot be anymore a normal user? Apparently yes. When you want to change your user info you cannot change the birth date (i.e., to fix a mistake). A part from the mentioned problems observed with Firefox, the system workd fine in Chrome. The report is clear (but it contains several English mistakes). You have correctly used the MVC patter. There is a bit too much code in JSP. Correctly used CSS and Javascript (but there are the mentioned problems for JS).

EseCarRentals

Student: 5704
Grade: 9
Motivations: The registration is not working. I registered (apparently). Then I tried to login with a wrong password and the system said that I made the login with a strange username. Then I tried to navigate the site and got an exception. I tried again, inserting the right paswword and the system recognized me (but there is no message that says that the user is recognized). I tried to search for a car to rent and the search process worked. The form for renting a car is a bit strange, it only asks for the credit card data (no duration for the rent). When the transaction is finished the system forward the user to a new page with only the confirmation - the user is then out of the application and can only go back by entering again the url or going back with the "back" button. The utility of the page where the cars are shown is minimal - you can not select a car from there nor to obtain information. There is no user management. In a single page there is both the search functionality and the rental functionality - it is confusing. If you search for a car type and no cars are retrieved then there is no message only a blank page. If a car is found then you can comment it - it is a strange type of comment since the type of car is not explained - only the license number of the car is shown. If one enter a comment there is no way to look at this comment (even if you have selected this car for renting). In conclusion the usability of this application is very poor. The system is working, but nobody can get a decent service from it. The report illustrates the user interface with some snapshots. The architecture is only illustrated by listing the components (jsp and servlets). There is no discussion about how the various components collaborate to implement the system functions. There is no discussion about the problems found. In the last section, which should contain the description of the used techniques, there is the code of a jsp (very confusing).
The project used jsp (and jstl), but some java code is inside jsp (out.println) - this makes them not very clean. MVC was used. Some code should be moved from the controller to the db package. No Javascript was used. The home page contains too many high res photos 850Kb; they could be reduced to 100Kb for speed. The is no usage of CSS.

Benin Kingdom

Student: 7167
Grade: 10
Motivations: The is an important required functionality that is missing; user management. There is only one type of user and there is no administrator that can mage the users. The look and feel is only mediocre, and big images are very slow to load. Dark colors for fonts are used on a dark backgroud. I had to search a lot only to find the link to the report. The Photo gallery contains only one picture. Links to external web sistes (e.g. Wikipedia) are not properly indicated, so the user is forwarded out without any alert. The "topics" menu on the left raises an exception (only the link to this "topics" on top is working). The creation of a new user is not working (this was fixed only later on). If in the login form you enter wrong credentials nothing is happening and the system does not give any response. Good JSP separation with includes. There are some javascript code that is repeated inside different JSP's. It would be better to have an exernal js file. The project uses servlet and some MVC pattern. The project uses Beans. The servlet name is a litte bit confusing. Would be better to maintain the same name (url, servlet name, class name). Basic usage of database, but correctly separated in a different class.There are also some incomplete part of code with some inadeguate comments and not properly formatted.

Movie Database (winter session)

Student: 4833
Grade: 11
Motivations: The report is still not clear (is the same as the previous one - this is unbelievable that you have not even fixed the issues that I raised). Does not explain how to operate the system. The description of the used technologies is very abstract and general. There is no information about the system architecture. When registering I was not able to enter the date in the right format and the system does not say what is the right format (this was then fixed). The quick search function does not work; I entered a string that is part of the title of one movie but no movies were returned. When the are no movies in a category a message alerts about that, but the list of the movies previously shown are still there (you should clean that). The project uses JSP and external CSS, bu JSP are not used appropriately. They contains for example the menu part; it would be better to use a separate jsp and then include the menu in the main JSP. Javascript are used for form validation and other functionalities. There are servlets, beans and classes for db connection, but without (after having requested them) no sources.

Mobile Phone Shop

Student: 6970
Grade: 15
Motivations: The report is very well written and show in an effective way the system functionality and the system structure. The search functionality works fine. I'm just a bit surprised that when you find a phone you cannot browse the full set of details (e.g., clicking on the phone). Very nice the functionality for exchanging messages. Very sophisticated user management functionality (well done). Correct use of JSP, beans and JSTL. Use of javascript for form validation and some effects (hide/show content).
Servlet are used with a kind of MVC pattern. The project uses a particular type of bean, that includes code for db storage. The standard way is to have standard java objetcs and code for db storage separated, but the code is well written with a good logic.Good code for uploading images (multipart).The connection to the database is correctly separated in a different class.This is a very good project.

Rent a Car

Student: 6955
Grade: 15+
Motivations: The report is very good, clear and comprehensive. The look and feel is excellent; I just observe that the page tends to be too long, when many cars are displayed. It would be better to create several pages. The functionality of this web site is really perfect. The messages are clear. The expected functionality is implemented. User and item management is great. This project is very similar to the Bike Shop project; clearly the two students worked together, however, they produced different projects, but all the (mistakes and strong parts) comments are the same. Good JSP separation with includes. The web pages array in index.jsp is a bit geeky approach, but it works. A better solution is to have explicit jsp (view) names, instead of the numbers. A lot of JSTL usage. A lot of custom written JS, which is extracted in the additional file. Servlets: Good checking of parameters. Even password is encoded as MD5 Hash. Advanced! Correct usage of MVC pattern. Uses Beans. In general there is a quite complicated logic in Servlets. A lot of if, else, but probably required by application. It uses protomatter DB pooling which is advance but not required. Simple usage of DB statements. All parameters escaped with quotes, but could be better used with prepare statements (replacing "?").

Bike shop

Student: 7356
Grade: 15
Motivations: The report is good, clear and comprehensive. The look and feel is nice. The functionality of this web site is nice; I found easily the way to perform all the supposed actions. I liked the idea that the user interface can be configured using the system. The messages are clear. The expected functionality is implemented. User and item management is ok. This project is similar to Rent a Car. Clearly the two students have worked together, however, they produced different projects. Therefore all the (mistakes and strong parts) comments are the same. Good JSP separation with includes.The web pages array in index.jsp is a bit geeky approach, but it works. A better solution for small projects is to have explicit jsp (view) names, instead of the numbers. A lot of JSTL usage. A lot of custom written JS, which is extracted in the additional file. Servlets: Good checking of parameters. Even password is encoded as MD5 Hash. Advanced! Correct usage of MVC pattern. Uses Beans. In general uses quite complicated logic in Servlets. A lot of if, else, but probably required by application. Uses protomatter DB pooling which is advance but not required. Simple usage of DB statements. All parameters escaped with quotes, but could be better used with prepare statements (replacing "?").