From 52e7adfaa142353840bb6d8aab570e9f8893160a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: maheshgudi Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2016 14:19:34 +0530 Subject: first draft of the Yaksh read the docs documentation. --- yaksh/documentation/about_yaksh.rst | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+) create mode 100644 yaksh/documentation/about_yaksh.rst (limited to 'yaksh/documentation/about_yaksh.rst') diff --git a/yaksh/documentation/about_yaksh.rst b/yaksh/documentation/about_yaksh.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..46f0515 --- /dev/null +++ b/yaksh/documentation/about_yaksh.rst @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +=========== +About Yaksh +=========== + +History +------- + +At FOSSEE, Nishanth had implemented a nice django based app to test for multiple-choice questions. Prabhu Ramachandran was inspired by a programming contest that he saw at PyCon APAC 2011. Chris Boesch, who administered the contest, used a nice web application Singpath that he had built on top of GAE that basically checked your Python code, live. This made it fun and interesting. + +Prabhu wanted an implementation that was not tied to GAE and hence wrote the initial cut of what is now 'Yaksh'. The idea being that anyone can use this to test students programming skills and not have to worry about grading their answers manually and instead do so on their machines. + +The application has since been refactored and maintained by FOSSEE Developers. + + +Contact +------- + +For further information and support you can contact + +`Python Team at FOSSEE `_ + +License +------- +This is distributed under the terms of the BSD license. Copyright information is at the bottom of this file. + +Authors +------- + +FOSSEE Developers +Copyright (c) 2011 FOSSEE (fossee.in) \ No newline at end of file -- cgit From c607d1cb6c702ae2fffa46ef0d248c89941da8d8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: maheshgudi Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2016 16:07:38 +0530 Subject: made minor changes in docs --- yaksh/documentation/about_yaksh.rst | 16 +++++++--------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) (limited to 'yaksh/documentation/about_yaksh.rst') diff --git a/yaksh/documentation/about_yaksh.rst b/yaksh/documentation/about_yaksh.rst index 46f0515..9f772ec 100644 --- a/yaksh/documentation/about_yaksh.rst +++ b/yaksh/documentation/about_yaksh.rst @@ -5,26 +5,24 @@ About Yaksh History ------- -At FOSSEE, Nishanth had implemented a nice django based app to test for multiple-choice questions. Prabhu Ramachandran was inspired by a programming contest that he saw at PyCon APAC 2011. Chris Boesch, who administered the contest, used a nice web application Singpath that he had built on top of GAE that basically checked your Python code, live. This made it fun and interesting. + At FOSSEE, Nishanth had implemented a nice django based app to test for multiple-choice questions. Prabhu Ramachandran was inspired by a programming contest that he saw at PyCon APAC 2011. Chris Boesch, who administered the contest, used a nice web application Singpath that he had built on top of GAE that basically checked your Python code, live. This made it fun and interesting. -Prabhu wanted an implementation that was not tied to GAE and hence wrote the initial cut of what is now 'Yaksh'. The idea being that anyone can use this to test students programming skills and not have to worry about grading their answers manually and instead do so on their machines. + Prabhu wanted an implementation that was not tied to GAE and hence wrote the initial cut of what is now 'Yaksh'. The idea being that anyone can use this to test students programming skills and not have to worry about grading their answers manually and instead do so on their machines. -The application has since been refactored and maintained by FOSSEE Developers. + The application has since been refactored and maintained by FOSSEE Developers. Contact ------- -For further information and support you can contact + For further information and support you can contact -`Python Team at FOSSEE `_ + `Python Team at FOSSEE `_ License ------- -This is distributed under the terms of the BSD license. Copyright information is at the bottom of this file. + This is distributed under the terms of the BSD license. Copyright information is at the bottom of this file. Authors ------- - -FOSSEE Developers -Copyright (c) 2011 FOSSEE (fossee.in) \ No newline at end of file + FOSSEE Developers -- cgit