Driving Test Log Book
IMAT1604 Visual Web Development
This log book must be handed in at the end of the academic year.
This is an official record of your driving tests. Keep it in a safe place.
Remember to attach print outs of all code and documentation.
Your Name
__________________________________________
P Number
__________________________________________
Course
__________________________________________
Tutor
__________________________________________
Driving test 1 ______ /10 marks
tutor’s signature:
Driving test 2 ______ /10 marks
tutor’s signature:
Driving test 3 ______ /10 marks
tutor’s signature:
Driving test 4 ______ /10 marks
tutor’s signature:
Driving Test Schedule and Marks Awarded........................................................ 1
Overview .......................................................................................................................... 2
Submitting your Log Book .................................................................................... 2
The Driving Test Process ....................................................................................... 3
Question Skipping .................................................................................................... 3
Your Tutor Will Not Help you during the Driving Test ............................... 4
Your Tutor is a Very Busy Person ...................................................................... 4
The Longer you take the Lower your Grade .................................................. 4
Test Substitution ...................................................................................................... 4
Points Your Tutor will Check ................................................................................ 5
Plagiarism .................................................................................................................... 6
Getting Started on the Driving Tests ................................................................... 7
Driving Test 1 – Delete a Record in a Database .............................................. 8
Driving Test 1 Skills ................................................................................................ 8
The Programming Problem ................................................................................... 9
Driving Test 2 – Creating a List ............................................................................ 10
Driving Test 2 Skills .............................................................................................. 10
The Programming Problem ................................................................................. 11
Driving Test 3 – Insert and Update .................................................................... 12
Driving Test 3 Skills .............................................................................................. 12
The Programming Problem ................................................................................. 13
Driving Test 4 – Linking the Pages...................................................................... 14
Driving Test 4 Skills .............................................................................................. 14
The Programming Problem ................................................................................. 15
Driving Test Schedule and Marks Awarded
Week no
Driving Test 1
Driving Test 2
1
10
10
2
10
10
3
10
10
4
10
10
5
10
10
6
University reading week
7
10
10
8
10
10
9
9
10
10
8
10
11
7
10
12-14 Xmas break
15
Phase Test 1
16
6
10
17
5
10
18
4
9
19
3
8
20
2
7
21
University reading week
22
1
6
23
0
5
24
4
25
3
26
2
27
Phase Test 2
28-30 Easter break
Driving Test 3
10
10
10
10
10
Driving Test 4
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
9
8
10
10
10
10
10
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Overview
This log book is the official record of your driving test. Keep this book
safe!
Submitting your Log Book
At the end of the year you will submit your log book to student
services, you will need to hand in:
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A signed cover sheet
The log book
Print outs of your code and testing
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The Driving Test Process
Step 1: Each driving test involves the completion of a part of the main
system you are developing.
Step 2: Once you are happy you understand the code you need to ask
your fellow students to question you about your work.
Step 3: Once you are happy you know what you are talking about you
may approach your tutor to be formally tested.
During the formal test, your tutor will ask you questions about your
code to make sure that you have a clear idea of what the code is
doing.
Question Skipping
The driving test process is not just about your ability to know and do,
but also your ability to find out answers and solutions. If during the
driving test there is any aspect of your program which you do not fully
understand you have the option to skip the question and come back to
it at a later test. If you skip three questions during the driving test on
the third skipped question you will be deemed to have failed. This
means that you must wait until next week to be reassessed picking up
where you left off.
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Your Tutor Will Not Help you during the Driving Test
In these driving tests, you are encouraged to find answers for yourself.
Your tutor will not help you during the test itself, nor should they give
you any hints. The answers to the questions that arise may be found
in the following places:
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Teaching Materials
The Internet
Your fellow students
If you have any specific questions to ask your tutor, they must be
asked outside of the formal test.
Your Tutor is a Very Busy Person
Remember you are not the only student wishing to see your tutor.
You may only be tested during the timetabled sessions as and when it
is convenient for your tutor. Also note that you may only be tested
once in a given week.
The Longer you take the Lower your Grade
A successful driving test will mean that you are awarded a grade based
on which week you pass the test in. It is very much in your interest to
pass your driving tests as soon as possible. Don’t be shy, you may
find you know more than you think, and even if you fail you will still
find out what you need to know in order to pass on the next attempt.
Test Substitution
You may decide to replace a driving test with an earlier one. What this
means is that you may decide to start with driving test 1 at full marks
rather than taking driving test 2. In substituting a test in this way you
will sacrifice later tests. For example substituting test 2 with test 1
would sacrifice test 4.
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Points Your Tutor will Check
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Your code for suitable comments
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Your code and controls for correct use of the naming convention
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Your variable /object names
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The structure of your code (For example unwieldy or inefficient
IF statements)
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The testing, by asking you to run through tests in your plan
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Your program, by running it to see if it works
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Your comprehension, by asking you questions on how your code
works
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Your skill, by asking you to change / correct something
If you answer all questions clearly and correctly you will be awarded
the grade for the week in which you pass the test, e.g. a pass in week
one will give you 10 out of 10, a pass in week sixteen 6 out of 10. You
must pass all questions asked by your tutor.
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Plagiarism
In preparing for the driving tests, you are all encouraged to work
together. This will inevitably result in people producing similar
solutions.
You must make an effort to personalise your own code. If your code is
the same as another student’s you will automatically fail the test for
that week.
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Getting Started on the Driving Tests
You have been provided with a file on the module web site called
“Address Book Finished.Zip”. You will need to download and try out
the sample web site.
Having looked at the sample program you need to decide on an overall
topic for your four driving tests. This topic may be anything that you
like (but not an address book). You could perhaps decide you are
setting up an on-line shop selling a product of some sort that you find
interesting, e.g. mobile phones, DVDs or holidays.
Once you have decided on your topic you must get it approved by your
tutor.
No two students in the same lab group may be working on identical
topics!
Once you have a topic you need to create an SQL server database to
store the data for your site. At this stage you will need to create two
tables.
Table 1 will contain the primary data for your database e.g. tblAddress
in the address book.
This
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table must contain
A primary key set up as identity
Text fields of suitable size
At least one numeric field
At least one date field
At least one Boolean field
Keep the number of fields to a sensible minimum otherwise you will be
creating too much work for yourself.
Table 2 will contain secondary data for your database e.g. tblCounty in
the address book example.
This table must contain
 A primary key set up as identity
 A text field of suitable size
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Driving Test 1 – Delete a Record in a Database
Driving Test 1 Skills
You are able to
Write meaningful block and in-line comments
Explain variables, naming conventions, values and data
types
Explain the use of the assignment operator
Explain objects and classes, their purpose and
relationship to each other
Demonstrate the difference between methods and
properties
Demonstrate simple validation and error messages
Give examples of sequence
Explain events and handlers
Demonstrate the correct use and purpose of naming
conventions for controls
Create a simple three layer application explaining some
of the benefits
Demonstrate database parameters and parameterised
queries
N
Y
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The Programming Problem
You need to set up Visual Studio to support your three layer
architecture such that your database is in the App_Data folder, the
DataConnection class is in the App_Code folder and a web form called
Delete.aspx is in the root of the site.
When you run the program you should be able to enter the value of a
primary key into a text box. Upon pressing a suitable button the value
of the primary key should be passed to the middle layer and the
corresponding record in the data layer should be deleted.
If the user enters a value that is not a number the program should
show an error message to let them know. The program does not need
to deal with attempts to delete primary key values that do not exist in
the database.
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Driving Test 2 – Creating a List
Driving Test 2 Skills
You are able to
Write meaningful block and in-line comments
Explain the use of the assignment operator
Make use of suitable naming conventions and good
practice
Create a list that is populated with data from the data
layer
Add items to a list using the ListItem class explaining
the function of its parameters
Demonstrate how to access data in a data table and
assign values to the presentation layer
Demonstrate the use of loops and indexes
Create and explain a function that returns a value
Explain how a function may accept a parameter
Explain how functions may be used to create methods
and properties
Concatenate text to produce a meaningful message for
the user
Declare variables with suitable names and data types
N
Y
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The Programming Problem
You need to create a web form, suitable middle layer code and a
suitable stored procedure that displays a list of records in a list box.
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Driving Test 3 – Insert and Update
Driving Test 3 Skills
You are able to
N
Write meaningful block and in-line comments
Explain the use of the assignment operator
Make use of suitable naming conventions and good
practice
Create and explain a suitable method that validates
presentation layer data
Demonstrate a function that allows for updating of an
existing record
Demonstrate a function that allows for addition of a new
record
Pass parameters via the middle layer to the data layer to
queries for insert and update
Create and explain a range of parameters with suitable
names and data types
Create and apply test data
Y
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The Programming Problem
You need to create a suitable web form that allows the user of your
site to insert and update records.
The web form should allow the user to enter a unique identifier value
of -1 to make the code add a new record or the user may enter the
value of an existing unique identifier value to update and existing
record.
The program does not need to check if the primary key value exists in
the database, however all other values entered must be validated
providing suitable error messages to the user.
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Driving Test 4 – Linking the Pages
Driving Test 4 Skills
You are able to
Write meaningful block and in-line comments
Explain the use of the assignment operator
Make use of suitable naming conventions and good
practice
Create a drop down list that links to the database
Complete the list filtering functionality
Demonstrate how you have linked the forms
Explain how a query string works and how the data is
processed using the request object
Demonstrate delete functionality that asks the user to
confirm the delete operation
Select appropriate controls for the task at hand
Implement the functionality for the other three tests
Discuss three issues that must be addressed in securing
your site
N
Y
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The Programming Problem
Having completed the functionality for the other three tests, your task
is to link the pages together such that they form a finished application.
The application should allow the user to add, edit, delete and filter a
list of records. All data entry needs to be validated.
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