Benefits of this project include stability and functionality to the extension and comprehensive features for users of various Wikis.Various custom features suggested by community were also added.
Initially one of the features that were supposed to be added was Data storage for quiz scores but it was declined for this project as decided with mentors and community.
The work can be divided into 4 major parts:
- Importing and solving bugs
- Removing legacy code and upgrading to MediaWiki standards
- Providing Unit tests for the extension
- Adding required features
Note - All merged commits to github - https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki-extensions-Quiz/commits?author=harjot4995
Month wise work is described as follows.
- The initial task was to import bugs, suggestions and features from Wikipage to Phabricator.For this task 11 bugs/features were imported to phabricator and the pages were archived.
- Merged Commits -
| Gerrit Link | Phabricator Link | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 356110 | T165398 | Fixing Background of feedback in Quiz |
| 356983 | T162803 | Suppressing question numbering in a quiz when only one question |
| 344726 | T161318 | Refractor legacy Html code of Answer in Question.php into mustache template.This task upgrades answers section to MediaWiki standards |
| 358228 | T167587 | Follow up task to define all variables that are sent to process tepmlate |
| 358227 | T167588 | Remove escaped HTML of < inside text field when field length shorter than answer |
| 358068 | T166926 | Fixing the way correction for case insensitive textfields is displayed |
| 358539 | T166439 | Enabling numeric input type questions to evaluate zero as valid input |
- Commits that weren't merged -
| Gerrit Link |
|---|
| 357111 |
| 358948 |
- Other tasks -
- Wrote documentation about {X}, {!X} and {/X} tags used in shuffle control on Wikiversity.
- Edited documentation of shuffle feature on various Wikiversity pages (English, French, German etc).
- The code was refactored add Unit tests were added in PhpUnit
- The other major task was to finish removing legacy Html code and make the extension up to Mediawiki standards
- Merged Commits -
| Gerrit Link | Phabricator Link | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 357781 | T146392 | Fixing Shuffle feature when there is only one question is in quiz |
| 363635 | T169529 | Regression bug for settings box |
| 364003 | T170035 | Regression bug for header options |
| 359656 | T161317 | Refractor legacy Html code of Settings in Question.php into mustache template.This task upgrades the last section to MediaWiki standards |
| 362264 | T159691 | Adding the relevant tests for the extension using phpunit.Marks the milestone for this month.It ensures the code to be more reliable and better |
- Commits that weren't merged -
| Gerrit Link |
|---|
| 368338 |
| 368341 |
- Catered to required features as discussed by community.
- Added more test and solved bugs.
- Merged Commits -
| Gerrit Link | Phabricator Link | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 367327 | T171154 | Altering the settings by removing extra cell and adding tests |
| 362793 | T146370 | Uploaded a patch set for resolving conflicts and test |
| 368993 | T170798 | Changed the behaviour of shuffle feature by reassigning numbering to shuffled questions |
| 369822 | T172355 | Regression bug to add class field to input type in Answer.mustache |
| 371122 | T170081 | Resolved the bug that causes wrapping of quiz text around images on large display screens |
| 372135 | T173304 | Fixed the CSS scheme for colouring in error class of quiz |
| 371938 | T165363 | Added feature which provides the use of Interwiki and template links inside Quiz Categories |
| 373310 | T159952 | Added feature of modifying the feedback behaviour for sysops admin.The admins can turn on/off unselected feedback by simply adding a line to common.css. |
| 374035 | T170799 | Added new feature that adds a quiz parameter called shuffleanswers.If set to true, it creates shuffled answers and uses request to persist once submitted. |
- Commits that weren't merged -
| Gerrit Link |
|---|
| 369827 |
| 372130 |
| 365450 |
Some new parameters have been added to Quiz, these provide custom functionality for users setting the quiz.More Additional parameters can be added to the Quiz extension.This requires community consensus and based on the requirements.
Phabricator task for weekly reports - T164645
Personal Blog contaning weekly and bi-weekly blogs - Harjot Singh's Blog
Final Note - I would like to thank my mentor Marielle Volz (@mvolz) for her guidance and help while working on the project.My GSoC project has been a learning experience.I'd also like to thank other community members of Wikimedia Foundation.