'''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.

==Design==Web-CAT is primarily written in Java using [[w:WebObjects|WebObjects]] with some glue scripts written in [[w:Perl|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<ref>[http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=142064&atid=754973]</ref>. 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. ==See Alsoalso==

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