CodeKataBattle (CKB)

Overview

CodeKataBattle (CKB) is a platform designed for students to practice coding collaboratively. It enables educators to create coding challenges, referred to as Battles, within Tournaments where students participate in teams. The platform automatically checks code submissions, assigning scores based on correctness, completion speed, and code quality. Instructors can also provide additional scores during a Consolidation Stage for each Battle. Students are ranked within tournaments and can earn Badges for achievements, making programming education more competitive and engaging.

Features

• Coding Battles: Educators set up coding challenges for students to solve in teams.
• Automated Scoring: The system automatically evaluates code submissions based on several factors:
  • Correctness
  • Speed
  • Code quality
• Consolidation Stage: Educators can manually review submissions and provide additional scores.
• Rankings and Badges: Students are ranked in tournaments, and earn badges for achievements to encourage competition and make learning more engaging.
• Team-Based Learning: Students collaborate in teams to tackle coding problems and improve their coding skills through friendly competition.

Documentation

This project follows a rigorous development process, and the following documents are provided to guide the design and implementation:

1. Requirements Analysis and Specification Document (RASD): Describes the functional and non-functional requirements of the system, user stories, and use case diagrams.
2. Design Document (DD): Includes architectural diagrams, design patterns, class diagrams, and component design details.
3. Implementation and Testing Document (ITD): Outlines how the system was implemented, including testing strategies, unit tests, and integration tests.

Technology Stack

The project utilizes a modern technology stack to ensure scalability, maintainability, and ease of deployment:

Frontend:

• React: A JavaScript library for building user interfaces, used to create an interactive and responsive web platform for students and educators.

Backend:

• Java Spring Boot: Provides the core application logic and handles business processes like challenge setup, team management, scoring, and consolidation.
• Java Persistence API (JPA): Manages the persistence layer, interacting with the SQL database for storing user data, scores, and results.
• Hibernate: Hibernate was integrated for efficient management of database interactions, ensuring seamless data persistence and retrieval.

Database:

• SQL Database: Stores essential data such as users, teams, challenges, scores, and rankings.

DevOps:

• Docker: Used to containerize the application, ensuring that the frontend, backend, and database run in isolated environments.