(Swiss) Tournament Planner

This application will simulate a Swiss Tournament Planner.

Table of contents

• Project Specification
• How to run
• Requirements
• Shoutouts & References

Project Specification

Develop a database schema to store details of a games matches between players. Then write a Python module to rank the players and pair them up in matches in a tournament. Further information: Udacity Full Stack developer project 2

How to run

Install Virtualbox

https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

Install Vagrant

https://www.vagrantup.com/downloads

Verify that Vagrant is installed and working by typing in the terminal:

vagrant -v   # will print out the Vagrant version number

Clone the Repository

Once you are sure that VirtualBox and Vagrant are installed correctly execute the following:

git clone https://github.com/alinr/Udacity_FSWDN_P2_Tournament_Results.git
cd Udacity_FSWDN_P2_Tournament_Results

Verify that these files exist in the newly cloned repository:

--tournament             #folder containing tournament files
----tournament.py        #file that contains the python functions which unit tests will run on
----tournament_test.py   #unit tests for tournament.py
----tournament.sql       #postgresql database
--Vagrantfile            #template that launches the Vagrant environment
--pg_config.sh           #shell script provisioner called by Vagrantfile that performs
                          some configurations

Launch the Vagrant Box

vagrant up   #to launch and provision the vagrant environment
vagrant ssh  #to login to your vagrant environment

Enter the Swiss Tournament

cd /
cd vagrant
cd tournament

Initialize the database

psql
vagrant=> \i tournament.sql
vagrant=> \q

or

psql -f tournament.sql

Run the unit tests

python tournament_test.py

You should see these results:

1. Old matches can be deleted.
2. Player records can be deleted.
3. After deleting, countPlayers() returns zero.
4. After registering a player, countPlayers() returns 1.
5. Players can be registered and deleted.
6. Newly registered players appear in the standings with no matches.
7. After a match, players have updated standings.
8. After one match, players with one win are paired.
Success!  All tests pass!
Additional tests to pass:
9. Pairings with odd number of players: one player get a bye     and will be excluded from getting another bye.
10. After having a draw match, both players have one match and no wins
11. After playing four matches (including one draw)     the player standings are in the correct order.
Success!  All additional tests pass!

Shutdown Vagrant machine

vagrant halt

Destroy the Vagrant machine

vagrant destroy

Python Requirements

• Python 2.7.9
• psycopg2 module for python installed
• POSTGRESQL 9.3.9 installed
• Bleach 1.4.1 - download: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/bleach

Shoutouts & References

• Swiss-Style Pairing System
• PostgreSQL: Create Cast
• PostgreSQL: Conditional Expressions
• Stackoverflow: ...display matches won, matches played and matches drawed...
• GitHub: Thanks to Frederik Knust for SQL View