joebangles

A degree planner that helps you organise what subjects to do when for UNSW. Currently in a1.0.0

User Experience

User actions are regular points, app actions are in * *

• Enter or search for degree
• *Apply degree code*
• Enter courses already completed
• *Respond with suggested courses list for degree with common subjects already selected*
• Pick electives or pick felxible elective placeholders
• *Calculate prereqs for choses subjects with most common already selected*
• Select correct prereq options

GUI

• Structured on Bootstrap (latest version)
• Single page application
• Cards placed at top of page with form inputs like bojangles.
  • Select specialisations
  • Enter completed courses
  • Pick remaining electives
• Table with courses as draggable elements for year and term containers. (dragula)

Database Structure

Have chosen Cload Firestore as Realtime Database only supports 100 simultaneous connections at free tier.

• degrees : collection
  • {degreeid} : doc
    • longname : int
    • usecases : int?
    • courseLevels : obj
      • {levelid} : obj
        • complusory : obj
          • {courseid} : obj
            • longname : string
            • usecases : int?
        • optionSets : array
          • {optionSetIndex} : obj
            • {courseid} : obj
              • longname : string
              • usecases : int?
• courses : coll
  • courseid : doc
    • longname : string
    • usecases : int?
    • prereqs : array
      • {prereqIndex} : obj
        • usecases : int?
        • prereq : string
    • terms : array
      • {termIndex} : obj
        • usecases : int?
        • label : string
        • terms : array
          • {term} : string

Back end functions

• Collect courses for degree
  • Search database and scrape handbook if not found
• Collect prereqs for course
  • Search database and scrape handbook if not found

Pages being scraped

• Course: https://www.handbook.unsw.edu.au/undergraduate/courses/2019/mman2100
• Degree: https://www.handbook.unsw.edu.au/undergraduate/specialisations/2019/MTRNAH
  • Browse engineering degrees here: https://www.handbook.unsw.edu.au/undergraduate/programs/2019/3707