Thank you for taking the time to help Babatunde; it's very much appreciated.
On Mar 26, 7:00 am, Babatunde Akinyanmi <tundeba...@gmail.com> wrote: > jbr3,https://gist.github.com/2204408 > The code is most likely buggy and might be insecure because I'm not really > sure if hackers can use radio buttons to submit malicious stuff. > The idea is using the model structure Shawn gave. I created a custom form > class which extracts some Question instances. Since Answers foreignKey to > Questions, the answers linked to each question can be retrieved. There is a > function that takes these Questions and its related Answers and then > outputs the html for the form such that the Answers are displayed as radio > buttons. If the custom form comes in with data from the request, the > customForm determines how many of them are correct. If you go through the > code you would see how the boolean in Answer can be used to determine the > correct answer. > We can talk about my fee later :D ;) > If you still have issues let me know. > > On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 11:42 AM, Babatunde Akinyanmi > <tundeba...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > 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. > > >> > > -- > >> > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >> Groups > >> > > "Django users" group. > >> > > To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. > >> > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> > > django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > >> > > For more options, visit this group at > >> > >http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > > >> > -- > >> > Sent from my mobile device > > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > >> "Django users" group. > >> To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > >> For more options, visit this group at > >>http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. 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