Comp-111 WebCat
Franklin University
This recording was created by another of the COMP-111 instructors.
Webcat is a great tool for you to use while developing your labs. When you submit your labs to WebCat, a series of tests will be run against your lab. These tests would be similar to the JUnit tests that you will be creating as part of the lab. If all of these tests successfully complete, then you have written code that is correct with regards to functionality. Another component that WebCat will verify is the format of your code. Format refers to proper indentation, comments, line length, etc.
Labs can be submitted directly from BlueJ. To do this, have your lab project open in Bluej. Select Tools, Submit. You'll see this dialog box:
Click the Browse button, select the lab you are submitting and then click the Submit button. You will be prompted to enter your userid and password. The userid to enter is the same as your MyFranklin userid. The password, however, is not the same. Your password was emailed to you a week or so prior to the start of the course. If your signon information does not work, send me an email. I will forward your request on to the course manager. Please be aware that I cannot reset your signon information and neither can the Help Desk. The course manager and her backup are the only individuals with this authority.
When you have submitted your lab you will receive a message similar to what is showing above. The loading is done. You will also see a pop-up window that says your lab has been submitted and the results can be viewed online.
Load WebCat in your browser. You will see a screen similar to this:
This screen shows the labs that have been submitted. To view your results, click on the Results tab at the top. You will see a screen similar to this:
The area you want to pay particular attention to is the graph showing red and green. The green is good - it indicates the areas you have correct. The red is bad - it indicates the areas you have incorrect. There is one exception to this, Design/Readability. This will be graded individually by me so no score will be given for this area. This is the readme.txt file that is to be completed along with your lab.
If you view the area showing down towards the bottom, you will see a file listed and then a score next to each. To view the errors identified within each program click on the link.
The lines marked in red are errors. Read through the module, viewing all of the errors. Go back to your original code in BlueJ, correct these errors, and resubmit. Continue doing this until you have successfully removed all errors. Typically these errors are formatting errors. These points can really add up - so definitely you'll want to take the time to view each of these error and make these corrections.
In addition to the errors identified here, you should also scroll down on the initial results page to view other items that have been identified.
Expanding each of these sections will reveal additional errors tha have been identified.
You can submit your lab as often as you need to work through all of the problems.