Quiz Master

A multi-user app that lets users to attempt quizzes set by the admin.

Preview

User POV

user-pov.mp4

Admin POV

admin-pov.mp4

Technologies Used

1. Vue : as the frontend framework
2. Flask : as the backend server
3. Sqlite : as the database storage
4. Bootstrap : for styling the frontend

Install Dependencies

Backend

To install the required dependencies, run these commands

cd backend
pip install -r requirements.txt

Frontend

To setup node and install required dependencies, run below commands

cd frontend
npm install

Start Backend Server

Start a terminal session and go into the backend/ folder first— cd backend

Setup Instructions

1. Initialize the Database (Run once before using the app):

   python3 init.py

   • Creates an empty database scheme in data/data.db
   • Populate the database with sample data residing in data/sample-data/
   • Sets up the mail creds to be used for sending quiz reminders (taken from the console)

2. Reset the Database (to have a fresh backend from start):

   python reset.py

   This cleans the database and generated files.

Start Server

After initializing the database with init.py, start the server:

python3 server.py

Combining Above Commands

You can also run ./reinit-server.sh to run the above 3 commands together which resets the backend, initializes it again (enter mail-id & password), and starts the server again.

Start Frontend Server

1. Start a new terminal session and go into the frontend/ folder first— cd frontend
2. Then run npm run dev to start the Vue.js client.
3. Open the port on your localhost mentioned in the terminal by running the above command.