Internet Technologies Projects 2010-2011

Internet Technologies
Projects Evaluation
Academic Year: 2010/2011

Maximum points 15 (50% of the total)

MyWeb

Student: 7689
Grade: 14.5
Motivations: The report is excellent, it is clear and informative. The system functionality is compliant with the general project requirements. Everything is working fine there are only some small usability issues. All the system functionalities are activated using icons. Some of them are not really clear. For instance, it is not self evident that in order to logout you must click on the smiling face. I have never seen such an association between icon and function. Also the "edit profile" functionality of the administrator is not really clear that is available by clicking on the icon with the levels adjustment. I entered a news but I was not able to edit it. In particular I could not change the title. The message functionality is fine. The code is well structured. There is a good use of jsp and jstl. The java code is correctly separated in packages, database, beans, services. The student used javascript for an online html rich editor (ckeditor) and external CSS for styling. MVC design patter is adopted, with controller, beans and a simple database connection.

JazzCommunity

Student: 7705
Grade: 14
Motivations: The report is very well written, clear and informative. The system functionality is fine. Everything is working fine there are only some small issues. For instance after registration you should not show again the registration form but send the user to the home page. Every time a user add a track to his playlist the system, in the "home" section is listing that track another time and it is saying that the user has uploaded that track. This is a design problem that you have also in the data model. You must have the list of tracks uploaded by the user and the list of tracks in the user playlist. But apparently you store just one list. So even if a use did non upload a track that is in his playlist the track is considered to be uploaded by the user. The upload is working - but not on the university server. I got an exception after uploading a file (possibly the session was expired). The coding is well done. Good use of clean jsp code, use of javascript and external CSS for styling. The student used MVC, with controller, beans and a simple database connection. All in all, it is a good project.

Helpdesk Tool

Student: 7979
Grade: 15.5
Motivations: The report is very well written, clear and informative. The system functionality is rather complex and comprises several operations. Everything is working fine. All the required technologies have been used. The code is excellent. Jsp and jstl are used. The java code is correctly separated in packages, database, beans, services, but would be better to move some logic from beans to database or services. MVC is used, with controller, beans and a database connection. There is a large use of jQuery as javascript framework, jQuery plugin for validation and external CSS for styling. The project is quite complex and contains a lot of code.It is an excellent project.

Hospital Personnel Management

Student: 7759
Grade: 14
Motivations: The report is full of English mistakes and it is sometime difficult to understand. The report does not illustrate clearly the system functionality, there are neither snapshots of the user interface, nor much informatio about the process that users must follow to fill all the data. The interface is generally nice but I found difficult to navigate this application. When updating a person you must enter again all the data, even those that are not changed (not really convenient). When you are in the CRUD section there is no button or hyperlink to go back to the home section (after a while a tried to push on the hospital image on the right and got back to the home, but this was not evident at all and normally the home button is on top left). At the beginning I logout and then enter again. Deleting an employee did not worked, a confirmation panel pops up but then even if you confirm the deletion nothing happens. You can only cancel this dialogue. In the panel for entering a new timetable the message says to enter employees details. But for what employee? This is not clear. It is unclear if this is the timetable of an employee or a general timetable (The second option is right but the message is unclear). The report is not clear in that respect as well. Similar comments for roster. I created a monthly time table for January 2012 logged in as "ricci" but then when I logged in as admin I did not find that month. So apparently the admin does not see all the data. That was not clear and this means that the admin is simply another particular department responsible. You can create more than one responsible for the same department, I do not know if this was intended but it seems not meaningful. The code is well structured and rather sophisiticated.

University Finder

Student: 6870
Grade: 13.5
Motivations: The application is good. All the required techniques have been used. But there are several usability issues that I mention below. After one enters the registration form the reply message that the registration was successful is printed in the bottom left of the screen (I nearly missed it). I entered as normal user, the system showed the buttons to administer the users but when I clicked on this button the system said that only the admin can manage the users and did not let me see the users. You do not have to show these buttons if the user cannot use the associated functions. I then clicked on "profile" and the system displayed the form for generating a new user - error, I assume that the system must show my profile data. I tried to add a comment to a university and I got a strange message "no post were found, you can click add new university button to add a new Post". Clearly this is not related to what I did. It is unclear why you call the list of the universities "post". Why not call it with its real name? When you are in the page of your post there is a button labeled "Declare your university or your college". But you can enter many universities, not only yours. When you enter a University there is no check on the input data. Moreover the field called "student organization" is actually showing the pre-enrollment data that you enter. And in the pre-enrollment date there is date when you entered the post (errors). When you edit a post the form does not display what you have entered before so in practice you must re-enter every data (error). When you try to modify the access rights of a person the system show a default selection that is not the current one. So if the user can post the system does not show that bu show (in the radio button) that he cannot. This is not a good choice. Moreover, if you are not able to comment you should not show the input form for the comments and then, after the user entered the comments print in red that "you are not able to comment please contact admin". The code is well structured.

WineStore

Student: 8387
Grade: 15
Motivations: very good project. It offers a set of complex functionalities to manage an eCommerce web site dedicated to wines. It is also rather simple and fun to use. I found only some minor usability issues such as buttons with inappropriate labels: a button labeled as "back" that actually sends the message or the usage of an hyperlink to activate a functionality: "click here to edit". The code is well structured. All the required technologies are used. MVC is correctly used.

Koan

Student: 8341
Grade: 15
Motivations: The system implements the basic functionality of creating koans and sharing with other users. It is not possible to comment koans, only editing and sharing. The user rights management is not implemented in a sound way: if I simply share a koan with another user without giving him the possibility to edit or delete the koan, then he can share this koan as well but he can also give to the user the possibility to edit and delete the koan. Administrators can only edit the profile data or delete a user (which means to deactivate) and then reactivate him. No user can be promoted to the role of administrator. The user interface is very basic, simple to use but without any special effect. The project is complicated and includes many (may be unnecessary) folders. All the jsp, servlet, CSS, javascript technologies are used as well as Haml (HTML Abstraction Markup Language). Database connection is not clearly separated from the beans and controllers. Packages are called: controllers, core, models (something like beans), util. MVC model is applied in a different way, using the front servlet pattern.

FUB Calendar

Student: 7059
Grade: 14
Motivations: There are some issues mainly related to the usability of the application that is not really very good. For instance, there is a "public" check button when you browse the event information that I checked but nothing happened becasue there is no possibility to submit the parameter (this can be changed elsewhere). The Event list visualization is also not clear: after the time of the event there are three numeric fields (modifiable), but it is not immediately clear what do they represent (HMS? Do we really need the seconds?). The same three fields are shown in the "event details" but they are not equal to those shown in the event list view (error). User management is implemented correctly. To show the comments on an event the user must click on a button that is called "write a comment", I would call it "read comments". The requested range of technologies was used. MVC is exploited but the DB connection code should go in a separate package.

Lichtfragment

Student: 8293
Grade: 15
Motivations: The application is generally well done and supports a rather complex workflow. The user can upload images, share them, share comments, and send messages to each others. It is not always clear how you can operate. For instance one can create a gallery but it is not clear at all how one can publish this gallery and make available to the others (you must memorize the hyperlink and them share this info independently). All the required technologies have been used. Database connection is separated from beans and controllers. Packages are called: beans, helpers (including DB connection) and servlets. MVC model is applied correctly.

MM-Reporting

Student: 6860
Grade: 15
Motivations: The filter function that should discard items in the visualization is not working as one would expect: it should only show the items "for me" but I have generated a feature for another and it is shown (maybe the semantic of this "for me" is not clear). With the exception of this minor issue I have found the system well done, with a simple interface and with all the required functionalities. All the jsp, servlet, CSS and javascript technologies are used. HTML 5 is used. Database connection is separated from beans and controllers. Packages are called: beans, util (including DB connection) and servlets. MVC model is applied.

FileShare

Student: 6855
Grade: 15+
Motivations: Excellent project. Simple and easy to use interface. It provides the functionality of a realistic file sharing system. User management is perfect. All the required technologies have been used. The code is easy to read. All the jsp, servlet, CSS and javascript technologies are correctly used. Database connection is separated from beans and controllers. Packages are called: beans, database and servlets. MVC model is perfectly applied.Congratulations.

Snowboardschool

Student: 6061
Grade: 12
Motivations: For a user there is not much to do here: he can only browse some sections. In the requirements for a project (see http://www.inf.unibz.it/~ricci/IT/slides/projects.pdf) it is clearly said that a user should be able to manage "items" and also users should be managed (create, update and delete users with different roles). The users cannot do anything with the items (images? Videos?). Only an administrator can add a movie or an image. There is no possibility to register, and to create a new user. You should define the users: snowboard teachers, students. Both of them should be able to register and login, and must have different access rights. So this project does not provide the required functionality and complexity. Uploading an image is cumbersome. The title is not used. Managing an image is impossible since there is only a list with names and it is not clear what image is actually associated to the name. Similar comments for video management. The report is very short and does not describe the structure of your system, it is not clear what are the servlets and the JSPs and how they work together. Database connection file is separated from beans and controllers. But the packages are not: beans (including DB connection) and servlets. MVC model is somehow applied.

Global Festival

Student: 7167
Grade: 13.5
Motivations: In the registration page the banner is moved down and there is a large part of the screen that is empty. In the registration page the user has to select the role (user or guest), this sounds strange, it should be an administrator that select or change the role. There is no explanation to the user for deciding what are the differences implied by these roles. Why if a "guest" cannot comment there is a link named "comment this topic"? This is a bad design. The link should be called "comments" and then in the comments page this user should be able to only read comments. When the administrator log in the link to manage the user is displayed above the banner in blue on a black background (very poor usability). I could barely notice that. The user management is also poorly designed. For each user is not shown his role, there is only a link that is named "change". So, what kind of change is performed is totally unclear. How one can be promoted to admin? When one is browsing a user data the link to go back to the user list is now on the left of the banner (dark blue on black background). Again very poor usability. When you make a change to a user access right there is no feedback that the change has been applied. There is a link that is called "more on global festival" but if you click on that the system logout you! Bad design. The report is basically ok, but there are some mistakes (for instance you first say that a servley forward to JSP and imeediately after that the servlet redirect - these are two different actions). Bad names for the servlets. JavaScript is in the pages not in external files.

Holiday Rating

Student: 6908
Grade: 14.5
Motivations: Excellent project. The web application has a simple and clear user interface. The functionality that is supported is rather complex. I found only a bit strange that the "vacation owner" must enter the hotel data; then he is the "resort owner". It is strange that there is space for images but you cannot upload them. It is also strange that in order to enter a review you need not to be registered (but one of the admistrators has to approve the review, and this is ok). User management is very good. But there is a confusion between vacation owners and users. They have two different login sections. I would consider the vacation owners as a particular type of users. In fact, it was not really clear that the vacation owners are not managed in the user management section. The users that can be managed (with permissions) are only those that can manage the system not those that enters vacations. The report is clear and all the required technologies have been used.Database connection is separated from beans and controllers. Packages are called: beans, helpers (including DB connection), mappers and servlets. MVC model is correctly applied.

MyJTasks

Student: 6915
Grade: 15
Motivations: Very good project. The security issues have been addressed in a professional way. The functionality is rather simple but compliant with the requests that I have made. The user interface is simple and clear. The project report is VERY detailed, but I would like to see at the beginning a better description of the user functions. The project code is rather complicated. It does not follow typical project rules neither using Eclipse/Netbeans for building. No jsp is found in the source code (that you provided). But servlet, CSS and javascript technologies are used. Database connection is separated from beans and controllers. Packages are called: beans, db, errors, security and servlets. MVC model is applied.

Topo Base

Student: 8217
Grade: 15
Motivations:The user interface is generally clear and well designed (but not fun to use). The menu on the right is not well styled; at the beginning you do not even realize that this is a navigation menu. The top banner does not hyperlink to the home. There is only a link in the bottom right of the page that send you back to home. The search function is ok but there is no way to get the full list of topos. The user management is fine and all the main system functions are correctly executed. Use jsp code, javascript and css. Use of MVC, with controller, beans and database connection correctly separated in packages. Use of external library for uploading files.

YouShare

Student: 5047
Grade: 14
Motivations: The description of the system functions in the report is very short. The registered users cannot modify their personal data. The functionality for sending messages and inviting fellows is very good. The system does not show who are you (I mean your userid). The posts on the wall are sometime sorted in chronological order and sometime in reverse chronological order. Redirection is used instead of forward - this is not a good approach. The report is ok. Correct use of jsp, jstl and css for the view. Use of the MVC and correct package separation.Use of javascript, servlet and MVC. The code is written well and clean. Not very sofisticated coding, but all the requested technologies have been used.

Studdy

Student: 7731
Grade: 16
Motivations: This is in any respect an excellent project. Use of clean jsp code correctly separated in logical paths. Use of javascript and CSS. Use of MVC, with controller, beans and database connection. A number of external libraries are used. The quality of the human/computer interaction, the sofistication of the implemented functions, and technologies used, and the cristal clear report justify the best grade. Congratulations.

LatestNews

Student: 6094
Grade: 15
Motivations: Very good project. The user interface is very clear. All the required functions have been implemented. The required technologies have been used.Use of clean jsp code correctly separated, javascript and css. Use of MVC, with controller, beans, database connection correctly separated in packages. Use of external library for uploading files.

MimisScout

Student: 6064
Grade: 15
Motivations: It is a bit strange that a guest of your web application cannot see anything, anyway it is a possible choice. I found also a bit strange the fact that the page that is supposed to show events immediately enable you to edit news and comments; I would activate this function in a separate page. A part from this (minor issues) I think it is a good application. You have applied correctly the required techniques. The report is well written. Use of jsp with clean code, JSTL taglibraries, javascript and external CSS. Packages is logically separated into different packages. Use of MVC. The code is clean and readable.

Music&Community

Student: 8211
Grade: 16
Motivations: Excellent project. The interface is very clear and all the required functions have been implemented and I would say in an excellent way. Very well done. The report is very well written. Use of clean jsp code correctly separated. Use of javascript, CSS and flash components for playing music. Use of MVC, with controller, beans, database connection correctly separated in packages. Use of external library for uploading files.

Test-o-matic

Student: 3615
Grade: 15
Motivations: Very sophisticated project. You used a number of techniques (not even required). The user interface is good. It is a bit strange that for reading the details of a course you must subscribe. Other strange visualization is for comments; it seems more a list of products (with many metadata displayed) and less as a short comment attached to an item. There is no functionality for registering. Why? Anyway, the user management functionality is well done. Quite elaborated comments management functionality (the administrato has to check the comments before they can be published). The heading of the list of your courses is "list of available courses". This is not correct, this is the heading when you list all the available courses. I got a blank page (error) when saving a newly created test. I was not able to activate a test for a user that subscribed to a course. The report is well written. Use of clean jsp code correctly separated in logical paths, Use of javascript also for menu with external libraries and CSS generated with jsp for styling. Use of MVC, with controller, beans and database connection. Libraries for PDF generation, table visualization, html templates and log are also used.

Cooking

Student: 5850
Grade: 15
Motivations: If you enter a wrong username or password you do not get any explanation of the mistake done - just a message that tells you to register first. There are some other minor issues in the UI, for instance when you search for a keyword and there is no match, the system does not tell you anything. But in summary all the important techniques have been used correctly. The system is nice to use and the UI is overall well done. Use of jsp with clean code, JSTL taglibraries, javascript and external CSS. Packages is logically separated into different packages. Use of MVC. The code is clean and readable.

ShareInfo

Student: 4835
Grade: 13
Motivations: After the registration there is no message that says what was the outcome of the action (positive or negative). A user cannot modify a file entered by another user but you open the form that enable him to make these changes (why?). The system should be supposed to load a file, but in practice you can only enter some text into a form. Anyway, I tried to upload a "file" and got an error message that the file was already existent (false). I was not able to load that file. I tried with a much smaller and it worked. But then when I tried to edit the information it did not work and the original text was kept instead of the new one. After a while it worked. That is a strange erratic behaviour. The comments functionality worked out. I tried to modify my profile data (name) but it did not accept the modifications. I tried to change the rights of a user but clicking on the hyperlink that was supposed to change it, but it did not produce any effect. In fact I discovered that the rights of that user were changed but the system did not tell anything. The look and feel is very rudimentary and not really nice, but I did not see major problems. The project report is fine. Use of clean jsp code correctly separated, javascript and css. Use of MVC, with controller, beans, database connection correctly separated in packages. Use of external library for uploading files.

HokeyManager

Student: 7863
Grade: 14
Motivations: Adding and removing players works. But, as a manger, I tried to add a goal but I got an exception. I got an exception when I tried to delete a goal. I tried later with another login and it worked. There are some strange behaviours. If I log out and then I log in with another username I am not presented with the home but with the user management (the page from wich I log out before). The report is basically ok. Anyway the look and feel of the system is fine and with the exception of the above issues the project is ok. Use of jsp with clean code, JSTL tag libraries both core and functions one. Use of javascript, servlet correctly subdivided into packages, MVC and database.

BeninKingdom

Student: 7167
Grade: 11
Motivations: The look and feel of this web site is primitive. The fonts are very small and a lot of space is not used (white space is left). I entered a comment on a topic but the comments cannot be read after they have been entered. You can see a comment only when you try to enter another comment (not very useful). Entering a topic is a very limited functionality. One can just enter the title of the topic. The user management is not really implemented: the admin cannot change anything of the users privileges. When you look at the details of a user there is no button to go back to the users' list. When you enter the wrong credential you do not have any error message. These are examples of a human/computer interaction not well designed. The report is OK. Use of jsp, servlet and a kind of MVC. Use of css, and javascript iside jsp (no external javascript used). The project is logically separated into different packages. The code is not very clean, but correct.

BoBoss

Student: 8231
Grade: 11
Motivations: The look and feel of this project is not really good. One has the impression that no effort has been made to design a nice application. For instance, if you go to the "about us page" there is a menu on the top left in a grey frame. Then some main text below that is in bold font (why?). Then on the right a picture of the founder and below a map. There is no need to have the content distributed on two columns. It is strange that one can submit a comment to a course on a dedicated page for comments and not on the page where the course is illustrated. In this way one can remember the course name and select the course on a radio button. If you serach for a user (it is not clear why this functionality is there) and there is no result you do not have any explanation about that. You cannot search for courses. There is no database table that represents the items that are illustrated in the web application, i.e., the courses. Courses are just contained in a static page. This is not acceptable, these should be the most important items and should be dynamically created and updated. The administrator has not even the possibility to list the users and then change their rights. He must know the name of the user: how it can work in practice? The rights management is not working correctly. I added the right to enter a feedback but I was not yet able to enter any feedback. I entered as administrator but I was not able to enter feedbacks. The report is ok. Use jsp, and css but no javascript found. Use of a kind of MVC, beans and database, but the code is sometime confused. In jsp there is java code that is better to put inside a servlet.

BZ-events

Student: 4827
Grade: 13
Motivations: The button for entering the login data is called "submit query". This is strange, I have never seen something like that - why not simply calling it "login"? The web application is supposed to manage information about events, but there is not even a single event there. After you have created a new user the reply page is shown but the layout is lost. A newly created user cannot upload an image as it is mentioned in the report. Uploaded images are not shown. If you click on the white canvan that should contain an image you get an exception. You get also an exception if you try to download an image. The report is fine. Use jsp code, javascript and css. Use of MVC, with controller, beans and database connection correctly separated in packages. Use of external library for uploading files.