[Savannah-register-public] [task #5533] Submission of Free Flash Card

[Michael Bonert]

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                 Summary: Submission of Free Flash Card
                 Project: Savannah Administration
            Submitted by: michaelb
            Submitted on: Sunday 05/07/06 at 21:48
         Should Start On: Sunday 05/07/06 at 00:00
   Should be Finished on: Wednesday 05/17/06 at 00:00
                Category: Project Approval
                Priority: 5 - Normal
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
        Percent Complete: 0%
             Open/Closed: Open
                  Effort: 0.00

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Full Name:
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  Free Flash Card

System Group Name:
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  ffc

Type:
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  non-GNU software & documentation

License:
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  GNU General Public License V2 or later

Description:
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  General Description:
Free Flash Card (FFC) is a little program based on php/html and postgresql.
It was created to make memorizing large amounts of material relatively easy,
something that I have to do as a medical student.  With a minimal amount of
adaptation it should be suitable learning foreign languages/vocabulary.

Technical Description:
-FFC's interface is a web browser (Firefox or Mozilla).
-All of the data and variables are stored in the database (postgresql).
-Most of the control is managed by functions written in postgresql's
programming/interface language plpgsql.  These functions are all in the file
'ffc_setup_db.sql'.
-The program was conceived so that it would support multiple users, but
currently only functions for one user 'usr0'.

Functionality:
1. One can test oneself (Quiz Me!).
2. One can create new flash cards (Enter Data).
3. The program tracks how the user is doing; it records whether the user
answers a card correctly or not (see table 'usr0').
4. Cards answered incorrectly are asked again-- until all cards are answered
correctly (see 'usr_prefs' table).
5. If a card is answered incorrectly it is placed a user defined distance
from the top of the stack (see 'mean throw of incorrect card' in options --
if 'mean throw of incorrect card' is '-1' the incorrect card is placed at the
bottom of the 'todo cards').
6. One has the option of typing in the answer or clicking correct/incorrect
(see 'type in answer' option).

Long-term goals of the project:
1. Create documentation that fully explains the functionality.
2. Internationalize (make multi-lingual).
3. Create a multi-user environment. 
4. Secure so that it can be hosted on a web server  



Other Software Required:
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  -web brower (Firefox, Mozilla) - html capable, capable of basic javascript
(I use it to change focus).
-php
-postgresql
-a web server (apache2)
-operating system (I used Debian GNU/Linux - "testing")

Other Comments:
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  I sent the source code (earlier today) to:
address@hidden 

Screenshots of the program are here:
http://individual.utoronto.ca/bonert/ffc.html








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