Pytod

The application was created as a student project. This page works similar as StackOverflow. Users can ask questions and answer other users questions.

Technologies

• Java 8
• Servlets
• JSP (JSTL)
• JSF
• JDBC
• MySQL
• Bootstrap 4

Release History

When creating the application, I had to implement several functions at different stages:

• 1.0

  • Logged in users can ask questions and answer.
  • Users, posts and answers are store in JSON files.
  • Guests and users can read posts and search by title.
  • Saving the user’s IP address in case of login failure (using the filter).
  • The number of posts on a home page must be set as the init parameter.
  • Some elements of the page must be different in different browsers (using the filter).
  • The application must show the number of currently logged in users (using the listener).

• 1.1

  • Divide pages into elements such as header, navigation bar, main content, footer.
  • Add pages such as: my account, my questions, my answers.
  • Build your own tag to allow logged in users to rate answers. One user can only rate a answers on a scale of 1-10 once. Store grades in a JSON file. Display the average rating of each answers in the footer.

• 1.2

  • Store data such as users, posts, answers and grades in a database (MySQL)
  • Use JSTL library to manage data in database (CRUD)
  • Add the admin role to the application. Permit to: delete posts, delete answers, edit answers.

• 1.3 - currently

  • Create module to manage accounts of users in JSF framework. Only admin have permissions to log in.
    Possibilities:
    • change user account type,
    • change user password,
    • delete user accounts,
    • block and unblock users,
    • set an alert that will be displayed after the user logs in,
    • force password change after the user logs in.

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