Hi everyone: Background about the problem: I'm a Java lecturer and would like to create an automated question web application similar to an extended version of multiple choice answers by which the students can practice coding.
Multiple choice questions are very popular in web exams as these are fully automated. You do the test and the system corrects it for you and gives you the results there and then. I would like to go one step further and have the student to supply a code fragment or even a class (es) and have the system automatically correcting it in a similar fashion to the multiple choice questions. Example (in a nutshell): The student is asked to write a method: that given an array of int and two indices of type int (between 0 and the size of the array - 1), this method will swap the elements at the given indices. The student will write the method in the text area and submit it. Then the system will include this method into a class, compile it and by using reflection execute it with an array of values to ensure that it is working as expected. During this process the system will be awarding the student marks and will display the final result together with comments as required. Google Appengine I have a prototype and it works great on Tomcat. Yes I know that it is subject to Java code injection but that's not an issue at this stage. This issue can be fixed at a later stage. Unfortunately I cannot implement it on the Google Appengine as most of the required functionality, such as writing to a file, is disabled. Is there a way (or a procedure) of implementing such a system on the Google Appengine? This application will be a free education tool for everyone who would like to use it. Thanks in advance, Albert Attard --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to google-appengine@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
