Introduction to Programming (Python)

Assessment 4: Applied Project

Due date: Session 12

Group/individual: Group

Word count/Time provided: 3000

Weighting: 25%

Unit Learning Outcomes: ULO1, ULO2, ULO3, ULO4, ULO5

Assessment 4 brief:

• Work in a group of 2 or 3. • Due on session 12. • Groups need to be formed by session 4. • What do you need to submit?

1. Python program (Source code for your Python implementation), named as

your_group_number.py

2. Assignment report (see Task 3 below for more details) named as

your_group_number.doc

Assessment 4 Details:

TAFE offers online courses to their students. The student can select any available course to enrol in

it. If the student enrols in more than three courses, TAFE offers 5% discount to second course

onward. TAFE allows its students to pay for their courses cost using credit or debit card. Write a

program to store the available courses in a Dictionary collection, including the course ID as a key and

the course name, course cost, and length as a value.

The system allows a student to list the available courses, search for a course, enrol in a course, list

his/her courses. The main program should first display a menu as follows. A user needs to select an

option from the main menu.

=======================================================

Welcome to TAFE Online Courses System

=======================================================

<1> List the available courses

<2> Search for a course

<3> Enrol in a course

<4> List my courses

<5> Quit

Please select an option from the above: 1

If a student selects the option <1> the program will list all available courses showing course ID and

name. Then the user selects the course ID that he/she want to enrol or a negative number to exit. The

program will display the course detail includes course ID, name, cost and length then the program will

ask the student to confirm his/her enrolment. If the student selects Y then the program will check if

the student eligible for the 5% discount as discuss above. If he/she eligible then the system will apply

Assessment 4: Applied Project

the discount and shows the new cost. After that the system asks for the student’s name and credit or debit card details. However, if the student selects N then the system will display the main menu again,

otherwise it will ask the same question again.

The student's details and credit or debit card details are then added to the end of a text file

(student.txt), including student name, course ID, name, course cost, and course length. Note that the

newly added record should be consistent with that of existing records.

A typical example of the program display (once a student chooses the option <1>) can be as follows.

Your program MUST follow the same display style.

The available courses are:

1- Java

2- Ruby

3- Database

4- Java advance

Please select the course code you want to enrol or a negative number

to exit: 3

Course detail:

Name: Database

Cost: $120

Total length: 10 hours

Do you want to enrol in this course (Y/N)? Y

Please enter your name and your credit or debit card details:

Name: Sally John

Card Number:1234567898

MM:02

YYYY: 2025

Thank You!

You have been added to the Database course

Do you want to enrol in another course (Y/N)? N

After the operation, the student.txt file will have the following content after Harry John's details

entered.

Sally John,3,Database,120,10

=======================================================

Welcome to TAFE Online Courses System

=======================================================

<1> List the available courses

<2> Search for a course

<3> Enrol in a course

<4> List my courses

<5> Quit

Please select an option from the above: 2

If a student chooses the option <2> from the main menu then the system asks the student to enter the

course name that want to see details. To facilitate the search option, you need to read from the courses

dictionary and list all matched courses as below. If the course is not in the courses list, then the system

must print a message to the student saying this curse is not available.

After displaying the courses' list, the system prompts the student with the following message, 'Do you

want to search for another course (Y/N)?' If a student enters 'Y', the system asks the student to enter

the course name, else if the user enters 'N', the program displays the main menu. Otherwise, the

program prompts the same message again.

Please enter the course name you want to search or a negative number

to exit: Java

Thank You!

One course has been found:

Course ID: 1

Name: Java

Cost: $180

Total length: 20 hours

Do you want to search for another course (Y/N)? N

=======================================================

Welcome to TAFE Online Courses System

=======================================================

<1> List the available courses

<2> Search for a course

<3> Enrol in a course

<4> List my courses

<5> Quit

Please select an option from the above: 3

If a student chooses the option <3> the program, then will list all available courses showing course ID

and name. Then the user selects the course ID that he/she want to enrol or a negative number to exit.

The program will display the course detail includes course ID, name, cost and length then the program

will ask the user to confirm his/her enrolment. If the student selects Y then the program will check if

the student eligible for the 5% as discuss above. If he/she eligible then the system will apply the

discount and shows the new cost. After that the system asks for student name and credit or debit card

details. However, if the student selects N then the system will display the main menu again, otherwise

it will ask the same question again.

The student's details are then added to the end of the text file (student.txt), including student name,

course ID, name, course cost, and course length. Note that the newly added record should be

consistent with that of existing records.

A typical example of the program display (once a user chooses the option <3>) can be as follows.

Your program MUST follow the same display style.

The available courses are:

1- Java

2- Ruby

3- Database

4- Java advance

Please select the course code you want to enrol or 0 to exit: 1

Course detail:

Couse ID:1

Name: Java

Cost: $180

Total length: 20 hours

Do you want to enrol in this course (Y/N)? Y

Congratulation you received a 5% discount. You need to pay only

$171.

Please enter your credit or debit card details:

Name on Card: Sally John

Card Number: 1234567898

MM:02

YYYY:2025

Thank You!

You have been added to the Java course.

Do you want to enrol in another course (Y/N)? N

After the operation, the student.txt file will have the following content after Harry John's details

entered.

Sally John,3,Database,120,10

Sally John,1,Java,171,20

=======================================================

Welcome to TAFE Online Courses System

=======================================================

<1> List the available courses

<2> Search for a course

<3> Enrol in a course

<4> List my courses

<5> Quit

Please select an option from the above: 4

If a student chooses the option <4> from the main menu, the system asks the student to enter his/her

name. The system then collects the user details from the student.txt file. It displays it as follows

(assuming the following student was searched for). If the name cannot find the system must show an

error message to the user. To facilitate the search option, you need to use an appropriate data structure

such as List.

Enter your name: Sally John

Hello Sally, you are enrolled in the following courses:

1- Database, 10 hours

2- Java, 20 hours

Finally, the program quits if the student chooses the option <5>.

=======================================================

Welcome to TAFE Online Courses System

=======================================================

<1> List the available courses

<2> Search for a course

<3> Enrol in a course

<4> List my courses

<5> Quit

Please select an option from the above: 5

Goodbye

Note:

• You must use multiple functions, instead of using a single function to do everything. • You must handle exceptions appropriately such as the student.txt file is not existing, string

values instead of numbers etc.

• You must use appropriate data structure such as Lists, Dictionaries etc. • Your program should be able to handle some exceptions such as invalid inputs, undefined

inputs with error messages, e.g.:

o The Credit or Debit Card number must be 10 digits.

o The Credit or Debit Card MM must be 2 digits.

o The Credit or Debit Card YYYY must be 4 digits.

The assessment has Three tasks:

Task 1:

Draw system flowchart/s that present the steps of the algorithm required to perform the major

system tasks

There are tools (see links below) that can be useful in drawing a flowchart.

https://www.draw.io/

http://dia-installer.de/

https://pencil.evolus.vn/

Task 2:

Implement your system in Python. Comment on your code as necessary to explain it clearly.

Task 3:

Each group should write a formal report that includes:

• A cove page for your assignment contains the group members' names and contribution percentages (each student must state which parts of the project have been completed). If your

name is not on the cover page, you will be given zero.

• System flowchart/s that present the steps of the algorithm required to perform the major system tasks.

• You need to test your program by selecting at least three sets of testing data. Provide the results of testing your program with different values and record the testing results using the

testing table below.

• Copy the code to your report. • Include screenshots of the program output.

Use the below table to set your test results. It is important that provide screenshots of your program

output.

Test Data Table

Test

data

The reason for selecting this

data

The expected

output

The screenshot of the actual

output