EXT_GEN

EXam Timetable Generator is a Django app that aims at generating exam timetable automatically based on student record and available time slots.

This hopes to reduce the workload of teachers in scheduling exam timetable. It runs an optimization algorithm aimming at maximizing the revision time between subjects for students.

Set up

1. Start Django Project

django-admin startproject EXT_GEN_PROJECT
cd EXT_GEN_PROJECT

2. Clone the git repository

git clone https://github.com/cameronlai/EXT_GEN

3. Edit settings.py in your project folder. Note that older version of Django may require editting static files directories for loading css and js files

cd ../EXT_GEN_PROJECT
nano settings.py

Add 'EXT_GEN' in INSTALLED_APPS

4. Edit urls.py in your project folder

nano urls.py

Add url(r'^$', include('EXT_GEN.urls')), urlpatterns

5. Run migrations with manage.py

cd ../
sudo python manage.py migrate

Running Django app

1. Run server

python manage.py runserver

2. Launch web browser, enter correct IP address (Default is 127.0.0.1:8000) and your app is running.

Dependencies

• Deap
• Numpy
• Tabulate

License

The app is released under the MIT License and more information can be found in the LICENSE file.