ONLINE ADMISSION SYSTEM CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION 2. SYSTEM ANALYSIS 2.1 PROJECT IDENTIFICATION OF NEED 2.

2 PRELIM INARY INVESTIGATION 05 06 06 06 2.2.1 STUDY OF EXISTING SYSTEM 2.2.2 PROPOSED SYSTEM 2.2.3 ADVANTAGES OF PROPOSE D SYSTEM 3.FEASIBILITY STUDY 3.1 ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY 3.2 TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY 3.3 OPERA TIONAL FEASIBILITY 4. SOFTWARE ENGINEERING PARADIGMS APPLIED 09 09 06 07 07 09 10 11 5. SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE REQUIREMENT SPECIFICATION 12 5.1 REQUIREMENT SPECIFICAT ION 125.1.1 ANALYSIS OF FACTUAL DATA 12 5.1.2 IDENTIFICATION OF ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENT 12 5.1.3 SELECTION OF REQUIREMENT STRATEGIES 5.2 DEFINITION OF INPUT REQUIREMENTS 5.3 DEFINITION OF PROCESSING REQUIREMENTS 5 .4 DEFINITION OF OUTPUT REQUIREMENTS 5.5 OBJECTIVE OF SRS 14 14 15 13 13 Dept. Of Computer Science And Engineering [1] Govt Engineering College Idukki

ONLINE ADMISSION SYSTEM 5.6 OVERVIEW OF SRS 15 5.6.1 OVERALL DESCRIPTION 5.6.2 SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS 5.7 HARDWARE CONFIGURATION 5.8 SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION 6. SYSTEM DESIGN 6.1 DESIG N METHODOLOGY 15 15 16 16 17 17 6.1.1 LOGICAL DESIGN 6.1.2 PHYSICAL DESIGN 6.1.3 MODULAR DESIGN 6.2 INPUT DESIGN 6.3 OUTPUT DESIGN 6.4 DATABASE DESIGN 17 18 18 18 19 19 6.4.1 NORMALIZATION 6.4.2 TABLES 1. PERSONAL DETAILS 2. LOGIN 3. EXAM 4. COURSE 5. ADDRESS 6.4.3 DATAFLOW DIAGRAMS Level 0 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 7.CODING 7.1 CODE EFFICIENCY 20 21 21 22 22 23 23 24 24 24 25 26 27 27 7.1.1 CORRECTNESS 27 Dept. Of Computer Science And Engineering [2] Govt Engineering College Idukki

ONLINE ADMISSION SYSTEM 7.1.2 RELIABILITY 7.1.3 ROBUSTNESS 7.1.4 DEVELOPMENT EFFICIENCY 7.1.5 EXECUTION EFFFICIENCY 7.2 TECHNOLOGY SPECIFICATIONS 28 28 28 28 28 7.2.1 PHP (Hyper text Preprocessor) 7.2.2 Macromedia Dream Weaver 7.2.3 My SQL 7.3 OPTIMIZATION OF CODE 7.4VALIDATION CHECKS 8. IMPLEMENTATION AND MAINTANENCE 8.1 IMPLEMENTATION PLANS 8.2 CHANGEOVER METHOD 8.3 TESTING 28 30 30 30 30 31 31 31 31 8.3.1 TESTING OBJECTIVES 8.3.2 UNIT TESTING 8.3.3 SYSTEM TESTING 8.3.4 INTEGRATI ON TESTING 8.3.5 WHITE BOX TESTING 8.3.6 BLACK BOX TESTING 8.4 SYSTEM MAINTENANCE 9.SYSTEM SECURITY MEASURES 9.1 TECHNICAL SECURITY MEASURE S 9.2 INFRASTRUCTURAL SECURITY MEASURES 9.3 ORGNISATIONAL SECURITY MEASURES 9.4 PERSONAL-RELATED SECURITY MEASURES 10. COST ESTIMATION OF PROJECT 10.1 PERT CHAR T 32 32 33 33 33 34 34 35 35 35 35 35 36 36 Dept. Of Computer Science And Engineering [3] Govt Engineering College Idukki

ONLINE ADMISSION SYSTEM 10.2 GANTT CHART 11. FUTURE SCOPE 12. CONCLUSION 13.BIBLIOGRAPHY 14. APPENDICES 37 38 38 39 40 Dept. Of Computer Science And Engineering [4] Govt Engineering College Idukki

ONLINE ADMISSION SYSTEM 1.INTRODUCTION Online Admission System is aimed at developing an online admission application f or a college. This system is an online system that can be accessed throughout th e organization and outside as well with proper login provided. Our system has tw o type of accessing modes, administrator and user. Student management system is managed by an administrator. It is the job of the administrator to admit and mon itor the whole process. When a user log in to the system. He would only view det ails of the student. He can't perform any changes .The system has two modules. T hey are User Administrator Students logging is to apply for the course by fillin g an applycation form provided by online. College principal/administrator loggin g in may also access/search information put up by the students. Dept. Of Computer Science And Engineering [5] Govt Engineering College Idukki

ONLINE ADMISSION SYSTEM 2. SYSTEM ANALYSIS System analysis aims at establishing requests for the system to be acquired, dev eloped and installed. It involves studying and analyzing the ways of an organiza tion currently processing the data to produce information. Analyzing the problem thoroughly forms the vital part of the system study. In system analysis, prevai ling situation of problem carefully examined by breaking them into sub problems. Problematic areas are identified and information is collected. Data gathering i s essential to any analysis of requests. It is necessary that this analysis fami liarizes the designer with objectives, activities and the function of the organi zation in which the system is to be implemented. 2.1 PROJECT IDENTIFICATION OF NEED As the strength of the students is increasing at a tremendous speed, manual main tenance of student admission is very difficult. Hence, the need for online admis sion is inevitable. In case of manual system they need a lot of time, manpower e tc.Here almost all work is computerized. So the accuracy is maintained. Maintaining backup is v ery easy. It can do with in a few minutes. 2.2 PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION 2.2.1 STUDY OF EXISTING SYSTEM Today in colleges student details are entered manually. The student details in s eparate records are tedious task. Referring to all these records and updating is needed. There is a chance for more manual errors. 1. When the student comes in college. 2. First of all, he/she takes admission form from reception. 3. Fills i t and submits it into office. 4. Filled form is first checked with documents lik e merit list an details came fromuniversity and verified by an official person , if there is any mistake then it is corrected. 5. At the time of submission of i t the fees is deposited by the candidate. 6. At the time of submission of admiss ion form admission no. is assigned to the candidate by the institute. Dept. Of Computer Science And Engineering [6] Govt Engineering College Idukki

ONLINE ADMISSION SYSTEM 7. Candidate gets the receipt of fees deposition. Disadv antages of Present System:1. Require much man power i.e. much efforts, much cost and hard to operate and maintain. 2. Since, all the work is done in papers so i t is very hard to locate a particular student record when it is required. 2.2.2 PROPOSED SYSTEM The main goal of the system is to automate the process carried out in the organi zation with improved performance and realize the vision of paperless admission. Some of the goals of the system are listed below: Manage large number of student details. Manage all details of student who registered for the course Create stu dent accounts and maintain the datas effectively. View all the details of the stu dents. Reduce the work load in interview the students for selection Activities l ike updating, modification, deletion of records should be easier. 2.2.3 ADVANTAGES OF PROPOSED SYSTEM The aim of the proposed system is to address the limitations of the current syst em. The requirements for the system have been gathered from the defects recorded in the past and also based on the feedback from users of previous metrics tools . Following are the objectives of the proposed system: Reach to geographically s cattered students.One of the important objectives of the admission system is com municate with all the students scattered geographically. Reducing time in activi ties.Reduce the time taken process the applications of students, admitting a stu dent, conducting the online examination, verify student marks, and send call let ters to selected students. Centralized data handling. Transfer the data smoothly to all the departments involved and handle the data centralized way. Dept. Of Computer Science And Engineering [7] Govt Engineering College Idukki

ONLINE ADMISSION SYSTEM Paperless admission with reduced manpower. Reduce the ma npower needed to perform all the admission and administration task by reducing t he paper works needed. Cost cutting. Reduce the cost involved in the admission p rocess. Operational efficiency. Improve the operational efficiency by improving the quality of the process. Dept. Of Computer Science And Engineering [8] Govt Engineering College Idukki

ONLINE ADMISSION SYSTEM 3.FEASIBILITY STUDY 3.1 ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY Economic analysis is most frequently used for evaluation of the effectiveness of the system. More commonly knows as cost/benefit analysis the procedure is to de termine the benefit and saving that are expected from a system and compare them with costs, decisions is made to design and implement the system. This part of f easibility study gives the top management the economic justification for the new system. This is an important input to the management the management, because ve ry often the top management does not like to get confounded by the various techn icalities that bound to be associated with a project of this kind. A simple econ omic analysis that gives the actual comparison of costs and benefits is much mor e meaningful in such cases. It is economically feasible, it will only require a single operator to operate the system, who is responsible for entering the data into the database via a user interface provided to him, who can also able to sho w all the data in html tabular form so to provide information regarding the stud ents who are either taken admission or to take admission, since it requires only a single person to operate the whole system thus reduces the cost to operate th e system. In the system, the organization is most satisfied by economic feasibil ity.Because, if the organization implements this system, it need not require any additional hardware resources as well as it will be saving lot of time. 3.2 TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY Technical feasibility centers on the existing manual system of the testmanagemen t process and to what extent it can support the system.According to feasibility analysis procedure the technical feasibility of thesystem is analyzed and the te chnical requirements such as software facilities,procedure, inputs are identifie d. It is also one of the important phases of thesystem development activities.It is technically feasible, since the whole system is designed into the latest tec hnologies like PHP and SQL Server which are the most recent technologies to deve lop web based systems and design databases. The system offers greater levels of user friendliness combined with greaterprocessing speed. Therefore, the cost of maintenance can be reduced. Since, processing speed is very Dept. Of Computer Science And Engineering [9] Govt Engineering College Idukki

ONLINE ADMISSION SYSTEM high and the work is reduced in the maintenance point of view management convince that the project is operationally feasible. 3.3 OPERATIONAL FEASIBILITY It is Operational feasible, since the system is providing a attractive user inte rface to theoperator/end user, so he feel very easy to work onto it. Response to operator/end user is very fast and very good.Since, as we mentioned above that it requires much less amount of cost, it uses computer work so it is very fast t o operate and it is very easy for user to work on it. Dept. Of Computer Science And Engineering [10] Govt Engineering College Idukki

ONLINE ADMISSION SYSTEM 4. SOFTWARE ENGINEERING PARADIGMS APPLIED The two main programming approaches are top-down approach and bottom-up approach es. Here while doing the software for online placement system; we use the bottom up approach. In bottom up method, the sub modules are designed and developed an d these are assembled together to get the main system. The individual modules ar e coded and debugged with example data given checks ready for the major project design. The individual module transaction processing can be checked thoroughly s o that minute mistakes and correction can be passed from one module to other whe n required and these requisition are also considered at the development stage of code module. These checked and corrected modules will be integrated to make the entire system. This project also followed the bottom up design. The sub modules are prepared very keenly and minute notations are made. In the online admission system, the sub modules are designed first, these sub modules are integrated in to main modules. Other modules also designed in the same fashion. Each module is tested at the beginning when they are integrated with the sub modules These che cked and corrected modules are integrated to make the main system, i.e. Online A dmission System. Dept. Of Computer Science And Engineering [11] Govt Engineering College Idukki

ONLINE ADMISSION SYSTEM 5.SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE REQUIREMENT SPECIFICATION 5.1 REQUIREMENT SPECIFICATION The final output is the requirements specification document (SRS).For smaller pr oblems or problems that can easily be comprehended; the specification activity m ight come after the entire analysis is complete. However, it is more likely that problem analysis and specification are done concurrently. All the information f or specification activity as following the analysis activity. The transition fro m analysis to specification should also not be expected to be straightforward, e ven if some formal modeling is used during analysis. Essentially, what passes fr om requirements analysis activity to the specification activity is the knowledge acquired about the system. The modeling is essentially a tool to help obtain a thorough and complete knowledge about the proposed system. 5.1.1ANALYSIS OF FACTUAL DATA Analysis of data is a process of inspecting, cleaning, transforming, and modelin g data with the goal of highlighting useful information, suggesting conclusions, and supporting decision making. Data analysis has multiple facets and approache s, encompassing diverse techniques under a variety of names, in different busine ss, science, and social science domains. Data mining is a particular data analys is technique that focuses on modeling and knowledge discovery for predictive rat her than purely descriptive purposes. 5.1.2IDENTIFICATION OF ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENT Identification of essential requirement is an important task in devoloping the p roject. In this system the essential requirements are identified through surveyi ng. By surveying, the important needs of the user in our website are known. In t he surveying, the different possibilities of tour information that have to be in cluded in the website is given by questionnaire. Questions included like: y Need to change the current admission formalities. y Is it advantageous? Dept. Of Computer Science And Engineering [12] Govt Engineering College Idukki

ONLINE ADMISSION SYSTEM 5.1.3SELECTION OF REQUIREMENT STRATEGIES From the survey analysis graph it is clear that which are all the requirements t hat the user requires the most. It is decided to include the required informatio n and omit the less priority ones. 5.2 DEFINITION OF INPUT REQUIREMENTS 5.2.1 REGISTRATION & LOGIN SYSTEM Applicants will carry out their own registration, providing the system with a wa y to associate a user to their application(s). This will enable the system to di splay personalised information when the user logs in and certain information, su ch as name and address, to be added to each application automatically. Giving ea ch student a specific ID will also allow a user to apply to a number of courses, while giving the system a way to prevent unnecessary duplication of application s. Requiring a registration process will also add greater security to the system , as once a user has logged in with their username and password, they will be th e only person able to update their information and the only person to make appli cations on their behalf. 5.2.2 APPLICATION SYSTEM The application process will be as straightforward as possible, using an intuiti ve form layout, with the necessary information being completed in stages.The sys tem willmonitor this and not allow a student to apply to a single course more th an once, but will allow them to apply to multiple courses in the same college 5.2.3 VIEW STATUS When an application has been completed by a student, they will be able to log in to the system at any time and view its status 5.2.4 UPDATE DETAILS Applicants, will also be able to update their application details. Forms, much l ike the ones used to register and initially apply, will be the means of inputtin g the new details and will contain the previous information as a starting point. The only time an application will be locked for editing will be when it has been submitted for admission process that is after date of last submission, after wh ich point the applicationwill no longer be accessible by the user. Dept. Of Computer Science And Engineering [13] Govt Engineering College Idukki

ONLINE ADMISSION SYSTEM 5.3 DEFINITION OF PROCESSING REQUIREMENTS The user interface for this system will have to be simple and clear. Most import antly, thepages must be easy to read, easy to understand and accessible. The col our scheme should be appropriate to provide familiarity with the university and there should be no contrast issues. There are many functions the system can perf orm and these must be logically grouped or displayed in an intuitive order to al low the user to perform tasks quickly and efficiently, without getting lost in e xcessive amounts of text. The system must also display a large amount of informa tion and to avoid confusion this must be displayed in categories or in different pages. Furthermore, a small amount of information may be displayed initially, f or example with a certain limit on date or amount, and the ability to view more in depth information on the subject should be apparent. The different informatio n displays and functionality objects should be individually distinguishable, all owing the user to navigate through recognition, rather than recall In addition, each function must provide the ability to cancel, leaving the user with the abil ity to rectify mistakes, and every page should include the ability to return to a central location of the system, ensuring that the user does not get lost withi n the system with no convenient way to navigate. The system will provide differe nt views for different users, allowing multiple access levels. For example, a st udent will only be able to see their own details and details of their applicatio ns, whereas a administrator will beable to view all users, applications and stat istics and will have many more privileges.Being an online system, it will natura lly be viewable from any computer with aninternet connection, allowing admission s from home, for example. Thiswill provide far more accessibility than if it wer e written in a language with only limitedonline capability as any computer is a potential work station, rather than relying on theprogram being installed. 5.4 DEFINITION OF OUTPUT REQUIREMENTS The most important function is to make the short list of student who got admissi on under the circumstances made by the college In some cases, decisions about an application will be simple, given that the application might be exceptionally g ood or exceptionally bad. If, however, an application is Dept. Of Computer Science And Engineering [14] Govt Engineering College Idukki

ONLINE ADMISSION SYSTEM similar to other, previous applications, the tutor may h ave a more difficult decision to make and inconsistencies may be introduced. Usi ng the automatic ranking of applications a tutor will be able to see a list of a pplications with a similar ranking. This list will have a default length of 5, f or example, but this will be extendible if more comparisons are needed, and the list will include applications of the same rank as well as slightly higher and l ower ranks. 5.5 OBJECTIVE OF SRS The objective of this SRS document is to specify software requirements of the On line Admission for the college. It is intended to be a complete specification of what functionality the admission provides. The main purpose of the system is to automate the task carried out by different peoples in the organization to perfo rm the student admission. Specific design and implementation details will be spe cified in a future document. 5.6 OVERVIEW OF SRS SRS will include two sections. Overall Description will describe major component s of the system, interconnection and external interfaces. Specific Requirements will describe the functions of actors, their role in the system and constraints. 5.6.1 OVERALL DESCRIPTION The SRS document will give further details on the overall product description, i ncluding the hardware, software, and communications interfaces, product function s, user characteristics, and any assumptions that will be made. 5.6.2 SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS The SRS document will also include the specific requirements needed. These will include the functions, performance, design, and software attributes. This docume nt is organized in a logical manner and is easy to follow. Readers should refer to the table of contents, appendices, or index if looking for something in speci fic. Otherwise, reading this document from start to finish will start with a vag ue description and get more specific and detailed as changing sections and readi ng further. Dept. Of Computer Science And Engineering [15] Govt Engineering College Idukki

ONLINE ADMISSION SYSTEM 5.7 HARDWARE CONFIGURATION System Processor Memory Hard Disk Keyboard Monitor Modem : Multimedia PC : Penti um 4 or above : 512MB RAM : 80GB or above : 104 standards : SVGA : Dial up/Broad band 5.8 SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION Front end Back end : PHP,HTML,CSS, JavaScript : MYSQL Operating System: Windows ,LINUX Dept. Of Computer Science And Engineering [16] Govt Engineering College Idukki

ONLINE ADMISSION SYSTEM 6. SYSTEM DESIGN The system design develops the architectural detail required to build a system o r product. As in the case of any systematic approach, this software too has unde rgone the best possible design phase fine tuning all efficiency, performance and accuracy levels. The first step in system designing is to determine how the out put is to be produced and in what format. Samples of the output and input are al so presented. In the second step, input data and master files are to be designed to meet requirement of the proposed output. The processing phases are handled t hrough program construction and testing, including a list of the programs needed to meet the systems objectives and complete documentation. 6.1 DESIGN METHODOLOGY System design is the solution to the creation of a new system. This phase is com posed of several systems. This phase focuses on the detailed implementation of t he feasible system. It emphasis on translating design specifications to performa nce specification. System design has two phases of development logical and physi cal design. During logical design phase the analyst describes inputs (sources), out puts (destinations), databases (data sores) and procedures (data flows) all in a format that meats the uses requirements. The analyst also specifies the use r needs and at a level that virtually determines the information flow into and o ut of the system and the data resources. Here the logical design is done through data flow diagrams and database design. The physical design is followed by phys ical design or coding. Physical design produces the working system by defining t he design specifications, which tell the programmers exactly what the candidate system must do. The programmers write the necessary programs that accept input f rom the user, perform necessary processing on accepted data through call and pro duce the required report on a hard copy or display it on the screen. 6.1.1 LOGICAL DESIGN Logical design of an information system shows the major features and also how th ey are related to one another. The first step of the system design is to design logical design elements. This is the most creative and challenging phase and imp ortant too. Design of proposed system produces the details of the state how the system will meet the requirements Dept. Of Computer Science And Engineering [17] Govt Engineering College Idukki

ONLINE ADMISSION SYSTEM identified during the system analysis that is, in the de sign phase we have to find how to solve the difficulties faced by the existing s ystem. The logical design of the proposed system should include the details that contain how the solutions can be implemented. It also specifies how the databas e is to be built for storing and retrieving data, what kind of reports are to be created and what are the inputs to be given to the system. The logical design i ncludes input design, output design, and database design and physical design 6.1.2PHYSICAL DESIGN The process of developing the program software is referred to as physical design. We have to design the process by identifying reports and the other outputs the system will produce. Coding the program for each module wi th its logic is performed in this step. Proper software specification is also do ne in this step. 6.1.3 MODULAR DESIGN A software system is always divided into s everal sub systems that makes it easier for the development. A software system t hat is structured into several subsystems makes it easy for the development and testing. The different subsystems are known as the modules and the process of di viding an entire system into subsystems is known as modularization or decomposit ion. A system cannot be decomposed into several subsystems in any way. There mus t some logical barrier, which facilitates the separation of each module. The sep aration must be simple but yet must be effective so that the development is not affected. The system under consideration has been divided into several modules t aking in consideration the above-mentioned criteria. The different modules are 1 .user module 2..administrator module 6.2 INPUT DESIGN The input design is the link between the information system and the user. It com prises the developing specification and procedures for data preparation and thos e steps are necessary to put transaction data into a usable form for processing data entry. The activity of putting data into the computer for processing can be achieved by inspecting the computer to Dept. Of Computer Science And Engineering [18] Govt Engineering College Idukki

ONLINE ADMISSION SYSTEM read data from a written or printed document or it can o ccur by having people keying the data directly into the system. The design of in put focuses on controlling the amount of input required, controlling errors, avo iding delay, avoiding extra steps and keeping the process simple. The system nee ds the data regarding the asset items, depreciation rates, asset transfer, physi cal verification for various validation, checking, calculation and report genera tion.. The error raising method is also included in the software, which helps to raise error message while wrong entry of input is done. So in input design the f ollowing things are considered. What data should be given as input? How the da ta should be arranged or coded? Methods for preparing input validations and step s to follow when error occur The samples of screen layout are given in the appen dix. 6.3 OUTPUT DESIGN Computer output is the most important and direct information source to the user. Output design is a process that involves designing necessary outputs in the for m of reports that should be given to the users according to the requirements. Ef ficient, intelligible output design should improve the system's relationship wit h the user and help in decision making. Since the reports are directing referred by the management for taking decisions and to draw conclusions they must be des igned with almost care and the details in the reports must be simple, descriptiv e and clear to the user. So while designing output the following things are to b e considered. Determine what information to present Arrange the presentation of information in an acceptable format Decide how to distribute the output to inten ded receipts Depending on the nature and future use of output required, they can be displayed on the monitor for immediate need and for obtaining the hardcopy. The options for the output reports are given in the appendix. 6.4 DATABASE DESIGN The overall objective in the development of database technology has been to trea t data as an organizational resource and as an integrated whole. DBMS allow data to be protected and organized separately from other resources. Database is an i ntegrated collection of data. Dept. Of Computer Science And Engineering [19] Govt Engineering College Idukki

ONLINE ADMISSION SYSTEM The most significant form of data as seen by the program mers is data as stored on the direct access storage devices. This is the differe nce between logical and physical data. Database files are the key source of info rmation into the system. It is the process of designing database files, which ar e the key source of information to the system. The files should be properly desi gned and planned for collection, accumulation, editing and retrieving the requir ed information. The organization of data in database aims to achieve three major objectives: Data integration. Data integrity. Data independence. The proposed s ystem stores the information relevant for processing in the MS SQL SERVER databa se. This database contains tables, where each table corresponds to one particula r type of information. Each piece of information in table is called a field or c olumn. A table also contains records, which is a set of fields. All records in a table have the same set of fields with different information. There are primary key fields that uniquely identify a record in a table. There are also fields th at contain primary key from another table called foreign keys. 6.4.1 NORMALIZATION Normalization is a technique of separating redundant fields and braking up a lar ge table in to a smaller one. It is also used to avoid insertion, deletion and u pdating anomalies. All the tables have been normalized up to the third normal fo rm. In short the rules for each of the three normal forms are as below. First no rmal form A relation is said to be in 1NF if all the under lying domain of attri butes contain simple individualvalues. Second normal form The 2NF is based on th e concept of full functional dependency. A relation said to be in 2NF if and onl y if it is in 1NF and every non-key attribute is fully functionally dependent on candidate key of the table. Third normal form The 3NF is based on the concept o f transitive dependency. A relation in 2NF is said to be in 3NF if every non-key attribute is non-transitively Dept. Of Computer Science And Engineering [20] Govt Engineering College Idukki

ONLINE ADMISSION SYSTEM 6.4.2 TABLES 1. PERSONAL DETAILS FIELDNAME regid name father age gender religion caste day Month DATATYPE Varchar() Varchar() Varchar() Integer Varchar() Varchar() Varchar() Int eger Integer year Integer Dept. Of Computer Science And Engineering [21] Govt Engineering College Idukki

ONLINE ADMISSION SYSTEM 2. LOGIN FIELDNAME Regid Password Type Flag DATATYPE Varchar() Varchar() Varchar() Integer 3. EXAM FIELDNAME Regid Eqxam Rollno Passyear Mark Total Percent DATATYPE Varchar() Varchar() Integer Integer Integer Integer Integer Dept. Of Computer Science And Engineering [22] Govt Engineering College Idukki

ONLINE ADMISSION SYSTEM 4. COURSE FIELDNAME regid course DATATYPE Varchar() Varchar() 5. ADDRESS FIELDNAME regid house post street city pin Email-id DATATYPE Varchar() Varchar() Varchar() Varchar() Varchar() Integer Varchar() Dept. Of Computer Science And Engineering [23] Govt Engineering College Idukki

ONLINE ADMISSION SYSTEM 6.4.3 DATAFLOW DIAGRAMS Level 0 User/administrator ONLINE ADMISSION SYSTEM Database Level 1 Admin Username + Password Access student details login studentdeatail Make the student admit shortlist Dept. Of Computer Science And Engineering [24] Govt Engineering College Idukki

ONLINE ADMISSION SYSTEM Level 2 User/student Username + Password Login Sign Up Student details Show student details Update student details New student details STUDENTDETAIL Old student details Dept. Of Computer Science And Engineering [25] Govt Engineering College Idukki

ONLINE ADMISSION SYSTEM Level 3 Admin Username + Password User/student Username + Password login login Sign Up Show details Access student details Make the student admit shortlist Update student details STUDENTDETAIL Dept. Of Computer Science And Engineering [26] Govt Engineering College Idukki

ONLINE ADMISSION SYSTEM 7.CODING A code is an ordered collection symbols to provide unique identification of data . Codes can be used by people who do not with data processing; the following are characters of a good code generation. Characteristics of good coding are y y y y y y y Uniqueness Meaningfulness Stability Uniform Size and Format Simplicity Concisene ss Versatility The goal of the coding or programming phase is to translate the d esign of the system produced during the design phase into code in a given programming language, whic h can be executed by a computer and that performs the computation specified by t he design. The coding phase affects both testing and maintenance profoundly. As we saw earlier, the time spent in coding is a small percentage of the total soft ware cost , while testing and maintenance consume the major percentage. Thus it should be clear the goal during coding should not be to reduce the implementatio n cost, but the goal should be to reduce the cost of later phases, even if it me ans that the cost of this phase has to increase. In other words, the goal during this phase is not to simplify the job of the programmer. Rather the goal should be to simplify the job of the tester and the maintainer. 7.1 CODE EFFICIENCY 7.1.1CORRECTNESS The tester and the maintainer are not the programmers itself. Therefore it is ve ry important to produce correct and simple code. The code for the proposed syste m is correct and simple. Anyone who knows HTML and PHP can understand the code v ery easily. Dept. Of Computer Science And Engineering [27] Govt Engineering College Idukki

ONLINE ADMISSION SYSTEM 7.1.2 RELIABILITY The program must be reliable, that is, it must be execute reliably in a variety of systems. The code for proposed system is consistent. 7.1.3 ROBUSTNESS The robustness of the code is associated with memory management and exception ha ndling. Since he proposed system is developed with HTML this feature is not ensu red profoundly. 7.1.4 DEVELOPMENT EFFICIENCY The PHP ensures development efficiency by providing compatibility with almost al l web servers used today. Extending PHP is pretty easy. It is a full-fledged dev elopment environment consisting of a several megabytes of source code. PHP scrip ts are browser neutral, the script cannot be captured via a eb browsers View Sourc e capabilities. 7.1.5 EXECUTION EFFICIENCY PHP is easy to learn and runs efficiently and quickly on any compatible web serv er. The PHP is a parsed language. The parser which execute PHP produce the desir ed result as HTML code. The code written for the proposed system consists of man y PHP files which execute on the web server and return output as HTML to the bro wser. 7.2 TECHNOLOGY SPECIFICATIONS 7.2.1 PHP (Hyper text Preprocessor) PHP, which stands for "PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor" is a widely-used Open Source general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for Web developmen t and can be embedded into HTML. Its syntax draws upon C, Java, and Perl, and is easy to learn. The main goal of the language is to allow web developers to writ e dynamically generated web pages quickly, but you can do much more with PHP. Dept. Of Computer Science And Engineering [28] Govt Engineering College Idukki

ONLINE ADMISSION SYSTEM Security PHP is a powerful language and the interpreter, whether included in a web server as a module or executed as a separate CGI bina ry, is able to access files, execute commands and open network connections on th e server. These properties make anything run on a web server insecure by default . PHP is designed specifically to be a more secure language for writing CGI prog rams than Perl or C, and with correct selection of compiletime and runtime confi guration options, and proper coding practices, it can give you exactly the combi nation of freedom and security you need. As there are many different ways of uti lizing PHP, there are many configuration options controlling its behavior. A lar ge selection of options guarantees you can use PHP for a lot of purposes, but it also means there are combinations of these options and server configurations th at result in an insecure setup. The configuration flexibility of PHP is equally rivaled by the code flexibility. PHP can be used to build complete server applic ations, with all the power of a shell user, or it can be used for simple serverside includes with little risk in a tightly controlled environment. How you buil d that environment, and how secure it is, is largely up to the PHP developer. Fe atures PHP manages freeing all resources. Users does not required to free file h andle resource, database resources, memory, etc, unless programmer need to free resource during script execution. All resources are released after script execut ionPHP4 also have reference count feature. For example, memory for variables is shared when it assigned to other variable. If contents have been changed, PHP4 a llocate new memory for it. Programmer does not have to use pass by reference for large parameters for better performance with PHP4.It would be a nice section fo r new PHP users, if there is "Resource Handling" section or like. Explanation ab out reference count feature in PHP4 would be very helpful to write better PHP4 s cripts also. Dept. Of Computer Science And Engineering [29] Govt Engineering College Idukki

ONLINE ADMISSION SYSTEM 7.2.2 Macromedia Dream Weaver This is a web-designing tool from Macromedia. Interactive animated web pages can be created quickly with Macromedia Dream Weaver. 7.2.3 My SQL My SQL query () sends a unique query (multiple queries are not supported) to the currently active database on the server that's associated with the specified li nk_identifier. The query string should not end with a semicolon. If the link ide ntifier is not specified, the last link opened by My SQLconnection is assumed. I f no such link is found, it will try to create one as if mysql_connect () was ca lled with no arguments. If by chance no connection is found or established, an E _WARNING level warning is generated. 7.3OPTIMIZATION OF CODE Code optimization aims at improving execution efficiency of a program. This is a chieved in two ways: y y y Redundancies in a program are eliminated. Computations in a program are rearrang ed or rewritten to make it execute efficiently. The optimization must not change the meaning of a program. The Online Admission system optimizes the code by usin g the optimization techniques such as dead code elimination and frequency reduction. Thus improves the execution efficiency. 7.4VALIDATION CHECKS Validation means observing the behavior of the system. The verification and vali dation means that will ensure that the output of a phase is consistent with its input and that the output of the phase is consistent with the overall requiremen ts of the system. The College Alumni system performed validation by verifying the output of each phase. This is done to ensure that it is consistent with the requ ired output. If not we apply certain mechanisms for repairing and thereby achiev ed the requirement. Dept. Of Computer Science And Engineering [30] Govt Engineering College Idukki

ONLINE ADMISSION SYSTEM 8. IMPLEMENTATION AND MAINTENANCE Implementation is an activity that is contained throughout the development phase . It is a process of bringing a developed system into operational use and turnin g it over to the user. The new system and its components are to be tested in a s tructured and planned manner. A successful system should be delivered and users should have confidence that the system would work efficiently and effectively. T he more complex the system being implemented the more involved will be the syste m analysis and design effort required for implementation. 8.1 IMPLEMENTATION PLANS The major activities in implementation plan are cost estimation, schedule andmil estone determination, project staffing, quality control plans, and controllingan d monitoring plansThe implementation plan involves the following: y y Testing to confirm effectiveness. Detection and correction of errors. The system has two modules. They are y y User Administrator Students logging is to apply for the course by filling an applycation form provi ded by online. College principal/administrator logging in may also access/search information put up by the students. 8.2 CHANGEOVER METHOD If the implementation is changed from one data structure to another, the interna ls of the object need to be changed, that is the data definitions and the implem entation of the operations. From the outside, the directory object can continue to be used in the same manner as before, because its interface is not changed. 8.3 TESTING Software testing is a critical element of the software development cycle. The te sting is essential for ensuring the Quality of the software developed and repres ents the ultimate view of specification, design and code generation. Software te sting is defined as the process by Dept. Of Computer Science And Engineering [31] Govt Engineering College Idukki

ONLINE ADMISSION SYSTEM which one detects the defects in the software. Testing i s a set of activities that work towards the integration of entire computer based system. A good test case is one that has a high probability of finding an as-ye t undiscovered error. A successful test is one such uncovers or finds such error s. If testing is conducted successfully, it will uncover errors in the software. It also demonstrates that software functions are being performed according to s pecifications and also behavioral an d performance requirements are satisfied. F or this, test plans have to be prepared. The implementation of a computer system requires that test data has to be prepared and that all the elements in the sys tem are tested in a planned and efficient manner. Nothing is complete without te sting, as it is vital success of the system. 8.3.1 TESTING OBJECTIVES There are several rules that can serve as testing objectives. They are: y Testing is process of executing a program and finding a bug. A good test case is one that has a high probability of finding an undiscovered. y A successful test is one that uncovers an undiscovered error. If testing is cond ucted successfully according to the objectives as stated above, it would uncover errors in the software. Also testing demonstrates that software functions appear to the working according to the specification, that performanc e requirements appear to have been met. 8.3.2 UNIT TESTING Unit testing is carried out screen-wise, each screen being identified as an obje ct. Attention is diverted to individual modules, independently to one another to locate errors. This has enabled the detection of errors in coding and logic. Th is is the first level of testing. In this, codes are written such that from one module, we can move on to the next module according to the choice we enter. Dept. Of Computer Science And Engineering [32] Govt Engineering College Idukki

ONLINE ADMISSION SYSTEM 8.3.3 SYSTEM TESTING In this, the entire system was tested as a whole with all forms, code, modules a nd class modules.System testing is the stage of implementation, which is aimed a t ensuring that the system works accurately and efficiently before live operatio n commences. It is a series of different tests that verifies that all system ele ments have been properly integrated and perform allocated functions. System test ing makes logical assumptions that if all parts of the system are correct, the g oal will be successfully achieved. Testing is the process of executing the progr am with the intent of finding errors. Testing cannot show the absence of defects , it can only show that software errors are present. 8.3.4 INTEGRATION TESTING This testing strategies combines all the modules involved in the system. After t he independent modules are tested, dependent modules that use the independent mo dules are tested. This sequence of testing layers of dependent modules continues until the entire system is constructed. Though each module individually, they s hould work after linking them together. Data may be lost across interface and on e module can have adverse effect on another. Subroutines, after linking, may not do the desired function expected by the main routine. Integration testing is a systematic technique for constructing program structure while at the same time, conducting test to uncover errors associated with the interface. In the testing the programs are contructed and tested in the small segments. 8.3.5 WHITE BOX TESTING White-box testing is concerned with testing the implementation of the program. T he intent of this testing is not to exercise all the different input or output c onditions but to exercise the different programming structures and data structur es used in the program. White box testing is also called structuraltesting. To t est the structure of a program, structural testing aims to achieve test cases th at will force the desired coverage of different structures. Various criteria hav e been proposed for this. Dept. Of Computer Science And Engineering [33] Govt Engineering College Idukki

ONLINE ADMISSION SYSTEM There are three different approaches to structural testi ng: control flow-based testing, data flow-based testing, and mutation testing. 8.3.6 BLACK BOX TESTING In black-box testing the structure of the program is not considered. Test cases are decided solely on the basis of the requirements or specifications of the pro gram or module, and the internals of the module or the program are not considere d for selection of test cases. In black-box testing, the tester only knows the i nputs that can be given to the system and what output the system should give. Th is form of testing is also called functional or behavioural testing. The most ob vious functional testing procedure is exhaustive testing. One criterion for gene rating test cases is to generate them randomly. There are no formal rules for de signing test cases for functional testing. In fact, there are no precise criteri a for selecting test cases. 8.4 SYSTEM MAINTENANCE Maintenance involves the software industry captive, typing up the system resourc es. It means restoring something to its original condition. Maintenance involves a wide range of activities including correcting, coding, and design errors, upd ating documentation and test data and upgrading user support. Maintenance is con tinued till the product is re-engineered or deployed to another platform. Mainte nance is also done based on fixing the problems reported, changing the interface with other software or hardware enhancing the software Dept. Of Computer Science And Engineering [34] Govt Engineering College Idukki

ONLINE ADMISSION SYSTEM 9. SYSTEM SECURITY MEASURES Any system developed should be secured and protected against possible hazards. S ecurity measures are provided to prevent unauthorized access of the database at various levels. An uninterrupted power supply should be so that the power failur e or voltage fluctuations will not erase the data in the files. 9.1 TECHNICAL SECURITY MEASURES This is associated with technical problems such as exception conditions detected during execution. This exception should be programmed in the system itself. Sys tem errors are some operation during the execution may cause it to fail. This is because of logical programming error. So it is essential to handle these proble ms effectively. 9.2 INFRASTRUCTURAL SECURITY MEASURES This is associated with computer failure, system crash, disk failure. Physical p roblems and catastrophes refers to an endless list of problems that includes pow er air conditioning failure, fire, theft, damage, overwriting disk or tape by mi stake. 9.3 ORGANIZATIONAL SECURITY MEASURES Some problems occur in organization due to the concurrent execution of system. P revention of labour turnover is another security measure related to the organiza tion. 9.4 PERSONAL RELATED SECURITY MEASURE This security is concerned with offering security to the persons who are develop ing and using the system. This is offered by providing username and password for each and every person using the system. Dept. Of Computer Science And Engineering [35] Govt Engineering College Idukki

ONLINE ADMISSION SYSTEM 10. COST ESTIMATION OF THE PROJECT The most cost estimation procedures focus on estimating effort in terms of perso nmonths (PM). By properly including the "overheads" (i.e., the cost of hardware, software, office space, etc.) in the cost of a person-month, effort estimates c an be converted into cost. For a software development project, effort and schedu le estimates are essential prerequisites for managing the project. 10.1 PERT(PROGRAM EVALUATION AND REVIEW TECHNIQUE) PERT is a network planning method for managing and controlling large one-time pr ojects. It is atechnique for scheduling complicated projects comprising many act ivities, some of which areinterdependent. A PERT network is a flowchart like dia gram that depicts the sequence of activities needed to complete a project and th e time or costs associated with each activity. 1. All of the major activities in the project are specified. 2. The sequences of these activities are determined 3. A network diagram a graphic depiction of the interrelationships among activit ies, is constructed. a. An activity is a work component to be accomplished, and is represented by an arrow on the network diagram. b. An event (or node) represe nts a single point in time that is the beginning or the ending of an activity. 4 . Three time estimates for each activity are determined and an expected time is calculated for each activity. 5. The critical path is the path of activities and events in the network that will take the longest time to complete a. Delays on any activities on the critical path mean that the project will be delayed. b. Sl ack is the degree of latitude about when various activities can be started witho ut endangering the completion date of the entire project. 6. After the project h as begun, actual times for completion of each activity are collected and recorde d on the PERT network so that any rescheduling and adjustments can be made as qu ickly as possible. Dept. Of Computer Science And Engineering [36] Govt Engineering College Idukki

ONLINE ADMISSION SYSTEM 10.2 GANTT CHART A timeline chart can be developed for the entire project. Alternatively, separat e charts can be developed for each project function or for each individual worki ng on the project. When multiple bars occur at the same time on the calendar, ta sk concurrency is implied. The diamonds indicate milestones. Once the informatio n necessary for the generation of a timeline chart has been input, the majority of software project scheduling tools produce project tablesa tabular listing of a ll project tasks, their planned and actual start- and end-dates, and a variety o f related information (Figure 1). Used in conjunction with the timeline chart, p roject tables enable the project manager to track progress. Phases 20/12/10 to 05/01/11 06/01/11 to 21/01/11 26/01/11 to 07/02/11 11/02/11 to 21/02/11 27/02/11 to 26/04/11 02/05/11 to 29/05/11 feasibility study Requirement analysis System design Detailed design Coding and testing Operation and maintenance

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ONLINE ADMISSION SYSTEM 9. FUTURE SCOPE The future scope of this project is very broad Few of them are: y This can be implemented in less time for proper admission process y This can b e accessed anytime anywhere, since it is a web application provided only an internet connection. y The user had not need to travel a long distance for the admission and his/her time is also saved as a result of this automated system 10. CONCLUSION This system, being the first We have created in PHP, has proven more difficult t han originally imagined. While it may sound simple to fill out a few forms and p rocess the information, much more is involved in the selection of applicants tha n this. Every time progress was made and features were added, ideas for addition al features or methods to improve the usability of the system made themselves ap parent. Furthermore, adding one feature meant that another required feature was now possible, and balancing completing these required features with the ideas fo r improvement as well as remembering everything that had to be done was a projec t in itself. Debugging can sometimes be a relatively straight forward process, o r rather finding out what you must debug can be. Since so many parts of the admi ssions system are integrated into one another, if an error occurs on one page, i t may be a display error, for example; it may be the information is not correctl y read from the database; or even that the information is not correctly stored i n the database initially, and all three must be checked on each occasion. This s lows down the process and can be frustrating if the apparent cause of a problem is not obvious at first. Language used must besimple and easy to understand and compatibility is paramount. If this system were not designed as an entirely web based application, it would not have been possible torecreate its current state of portability. Overall, the system performs well, and while it does not include all of the features that Dept. Of Computer Science And Engineering [38] Govt Engineering College Idukki

ONLINE ADMISSION SYSTEM may have been desired, it lives up to initial expectatio ns. The majority of features that are included work flawlessly and the errors th at do exist are minor or graphical. 11.BIBLIOGRAPHY An Integrated approach to Software Engineering,Narosa publishers, Third edition by Pankaj Jalote. The PHP Manual-www.php.net. PHP Manual-www.w3school.com. Secur e PHP Development-Building 50 Practical Applications by Mohammed J Kabir,Wiley P ublishing,inc. PHP for Absolute Beginners by Jason Lengstorf Dept. Of Computer Science And Engineering [39] Govt Engineering College Idukki

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