Ok. Let me send you a gist about how I achieved mine to give you an idea.
On Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 4:46 PM, jbr3 <jbr3...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Babatunde,
>
> Yes, that's basically the same idea. The questions would all be on the
> same page, however, and I wouldn't incorporate the time limit. But,
> that's mostly what I was thinking of.
>
> On Mar 24, 3:08 am, Babatunde Akinyanmi <tundeba...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi jbr3,
> > Check scrabala.com
> > Is it similar to what you are working on?
> >
> > On 3/23/12, jbr3 <jbr3...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > > Hi again,
> >
> > > I've been trying to figure this out for awhile, but to no avail. I'll
> > > try to list the problems I've had in understanding it.
> >
> > > 1. I'm not sure what the forms.py file should look like.
> >
> > > Going by Shawn's model, would it be something like:
> >
> > > " class GuessForm(ModelForm):
> > > class Meta:
> > > model= Guess
> > > exclude = ('user') "
> >
> > > This gives me a dropdown list of possible answers, but no form changes
> > > I've tried to make give me multiple radio buttons or multiple
> > > checkboxes. Have I selected the wrong model to make the modelform
> > > from ?
> >
> > > 2. I don't completely understand the concept of using Booleans. I've
> > > added admin functionality to the app so I can add questions and
> > > potential answers as well as select (using a checkbox) the correct
> > > response. Based on the model Shawn provided, selecting one of the
> > > checkboxes generated in admin makes that choice true and the others
> > > false. The user's answer needs to be compared against these, but I
> > > don't understand how I would achieve that. I assume I'm supposed to
> > > set this up in the form, but I can't get the radio buttons or
> > > checkboxes to work there. I can successfully submit an answer from the
> > > dropdown, but I still have no idea how it would be compared to the
> > > stored boolean value. Do I have to write more code for this ? And what
> > > would the best way be to retrieve it ?
> >
> > > Also, in the examples I've seen, BooleanField() in forms involves
> > > creating a list of choices in the form. But it doesn't seem like I
> > > would need such a thing if I'm just using radio buttons whose value
> > > will be checked against a changing option for each question. Yet I
> > > can't really see how an alternative approach would work.
> >
> > > 3. I don't know what the template should look like. It seems like I
> > > should be mixing the form fields with data passed directly from the
> > > model by using views. In my view, I've set
> > > "Question.objects.get(id=1)" to a variable. I've passed that to the
> > > template. But I've also used "{{ form.as_p }}". That gives me the
> > > possible answers that had been entered in the admin in the template.
> > > But, the answers aren't generated as radio buttons with text next to
> > > them. It seems like I would have to pass the actual text of the
> > > answers using views (setting "variable.answer_set.all() to another
> > > variable and then passing it to the template) and then generate radio
> > > buttons some other way. When I generated the buttons in the template,
> > > though, the submission failed. I don't see how these could be checked
> > > against the boolean value stored for the right answer. And, like I
> > > said, I can't figure out how to make them work properly with the
> > > form.
> >
> > > I know I've asked this already, but is it possible for anyone to show
> > > some sample code so I can understand how this should be done using
> > > Shawn's models. I've been trying to get this for awhile now, but I
> > > still don't really understand it. I know there are about fifty
> > > different questions here, but if anyone could help out in any way it
> > > would be appreciated.
> >
> > > Thanks
> >
> > > On Mar 14, 11:36 pm, jbr3 <jbr3...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> Can anyone help me with some questions I still have about this ? I
> > >> haven't had much experience with web programming, so trying to
> > >> understand this is kind of challenging.
> >
> > >> 1. I created the models Shawn suggested. And I'm now able to add a
> > >> question and possible answers to it in the admin area. Each possible
> > >> answer has a checkbox next to it with the "Correct" label from the
> > >> model. Does setting the correct response require anything more than
> > >> selecting the appropriate checkbox and saving the question ?
> >
> > >> 2. I still don't understand how I'm supposed to combine these three
> > >> models together in order to get the right output for the user. I've
> > >> been trying different approaches in views.py, forms.py and my
> > >> template. But I can't really figure out how this should be set up. I
> > >> don't like to keep asking for such direct examples.
> > >> But would anyone be able to provide kind of an abstract view based on
> > >> the model Shawn provided.
> >
> > >> On Mar 11, 5:16 pm, jbr3 <jbr3...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > >> > Thanks for responding Shawn. I guess I was thinking that if I wanted
> > >> > to save the user's responses and the correct answers a different
> model
> > >> > would be needed for both.
> >
> > >> > On Mar 11, 4:11 pm, Shawn Milochik <sh...@milochik.com> wrote:
> >
> > >> > > I think I'd do this:
> >
> > >> > > Models:
> >
> > >> > > Question
> > >> > > question text
> >
> > >> > > Answer
> > >> > > question foreign key
> > >> > > answer text
> > >> > > correct (boolean)
> >
> > >> > > Guess
> > >> > > user foreign key
> > >> > > answer foreign key
> >
> > >> > > That should be all you need (along with the User model or your own
> > >> > > method of tracking unique users without forcing them to register).
> >
> > >> > > I don't understand what your fourth model is for.
> >
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