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Ambush Commander
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Post by Ambush Commander »

Quizlet's great, I've used it before, but it's not open-source. :-(
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Post by Kieran Huggins »

Hey guys, we're missing some readme info: (please fill in the blanks and I'll re-submit the README.. thanks!)
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UNIQUE TEAM LOGIN ID (assigned to your team, should start with "ptd") ???

Team Name: PHP Developer Network

NAME OF APP: FlashCardr

CATEGORY: ???

PHP VERSION: 5.1.2

DATABASE & VERSION USED: MySQL 5.0.17

FRAMEWORK & VERSION USED Zend Framework ???

Team Size: Three Programmers


Programmer One: Ole

Email: oliver.saunders@gmail.com

Job: UML, UnitTesting, Configuration/Install Class, and help other members.


Programmer Two: Kieran Huggins

Email: kieran.huggins@gmail.com

Job: jQuery, Ajax, XSLT, Front-End


Programmer Three: David Branco

Email: David@NeoeliteUSA.com

Job: Controller Programming, Database class, SQL Structure, documentation, and help out Kieran.


Time Started: 12:00GMT


Description of project:

“The idea, was so people would be able to easily learn anywhere without having
the hassle of carrying flashcards around the world with ‘em. The site will be
generic enough to include any type of field that a flashcard could be made with.
The problem only being in field of math, science, and such not, in which images
might need to be presented instead of text. The learning won’t stop there, a built
in grading system will monitor your every step of the journey with a optional reset
button to monitor smaller travels whilst the system still monitors these “travels”
into a complete grade total. To support the learner even further the ability to
generate quizzes from one or more flashcard sets. Now let’s share the wealth a little
any provide other users with flashcard sets you created; the ability to share flashcard
sets should be added along with a search engine that will allow the viewer to bookmark
favorite sets. Need to learn your flashcard but missing internet? No problem with the
built-in .pdf support, all you need to do is press a couple of buttons, print then
PRESTO they materialize in your hand! You a developer and want to build a partner site?
We offer our services via our API that will be posted in the support section to come.
Come on what do you have to lose? If you want you can test-drive our site right now;
visitors can view and search flashcards, but are limited in functionally. Join now and
learn with us the fun and easy way.”

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS ???

Problems:
We ran out of time and thus most of the front-end was left nonfunctional. However,
provided below are some urls in which the front-end’s potential can be seen. Another
problem was connecting to the SVN server, only one of the three of us could make a
connection.

Urls that show the beginnings of the front-end:
http://127.0.0.1/deck/display/id/1
http://127.0.0.1/deck/sort/id/1

Future Plans:
Before development began Kieran bought the domain flashcardr.com for the official home
of the script once it has been completed. Luckily Kieran purchased this before the contest
else we wouldn’t have a SVN server to develop with. The current plan is to take a breather
for a few days and attack this beast with less haste and provide the world with a free
flashcard learning service!

What we learned:
Well, I think I talk for all of us when I say this was a fun experience and we all
got to know one another quite well. Placing the programmers with their best field of
experience was critical; although we didn’t have a completed site, we could never have
gotten this far without the initial skill survey that Ole sent around.
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Post by Ollie Saunders »

category: anything goes
ZF ver: 0.7 (I think)
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS: uhhh they'll have to create db from schema file in docs and then navigate to /install
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