Homework 1

Submission Instructions

Due: Tuesday October 4, 8pm

To submit, proceed as follows.

• First pack the web site. To this end, navigate to http://127.0.0.1:8000/admin/site (assuming you are serving the page from port 8000, the default), and for the Start application, click on Manage > Pack All. This will let you download a file called web2py.app.start.w2p. Make sure your file name does not contain dashes '-'; underscores '_' are ok.
• Then, go to this CrowdGrader assignment: https://www.crowdgrader.org/crowdgrader/venues/view_venue/2459 , and choose the link to submit. Upload the file web2py.app.start.w2p as an attachment. Notes:
  • You need to log in using your @ucsc.edu account.
  • I used the class list as of Thursday September 29 to grant access to the CrowdGrader assignment. Let us know if you encounter problems.

The Assignment

Get this starter code. The code corresponds to branch hw1 of our start application. You need to modify the views/defaults/index.html page so that the page is rendered similar to this drawing:

Note that controllers/default.py has a function index() that already generates a dictionary with the content of the title, the number to be shown in the rounded-corner rectangle, and the two paragraphs. All you need to do is modify views/defaults/index.html and perhaps some CSS files so that the page rendered is similar to the above drawing. Don't obsess about the rounded corners of the div (you can use compass to do it), first get the rest looking right.

Have a look at the Hw1 rubric for more information on how the homework will be graded.

Grading Instructions

Grading instructions will be posted here shortly.