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'''Web-CAT''' is an automated programming assignment grading system developed at Virginia Tech with a focus on grading using student-written tests. It has support for C++ and Java, and was primarily developed by [[Stephen Edwards]] and is licensed under the AGPL.
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'''Web-CAT''' is an automated programming assignment grading system developed at Virginia Tech with a focus on grading using student-written tests. It has support for [[w:C++|C++]] and [[w:Java (programming language)|Java]], and was primarily developed by [[Stephen Edwards]] and is licensed under the AGPL.
  
 
Most [[Computer Science]] courses that use automated grading now use Web-CAT.
 
Most [[Computer Science]] courses that use automated grading now use Web-CAT.
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==Design==
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Web-CAT is primarily written in Java using [[w:WebObjects|WebObjects]] with some glue scripts written in [[Perl]].
  
 
==Criticism==
 
==Criticism==

Revision as of 01:40, 20 March 2012

Web-CAT is an automated programming assignment grading system developed at Virginia Tech with a focus on grading using student-written tests. It has support for C++ and Java, and was primarily developed by Stephen Edwards and is licensed under the AGPL.

Most Computer Science courses that use automated grading now use Web-CAT.

Design

Web-CAT is primarily written in Java using WebObjects with some glue scripts written in Perl.

Criticism

Many students have complained of problems with Web-CAT, due to features like style-checking on by default without any listed style guidelines, and have cited the project's large number of unresolved bugs[1]. Often, when students complain of problems, they are told that because Web-CAT is open source, they should simply fix the problem themself instead of complaining.

Other students have cited slow grading and a difficult-to-use user interface as making Web-CAT incredibly frustrating to use.

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