should write before committing

advisor/trajectories/models.py

@@ -8,12 +8,18 @@ class BaseModel(models.Model):
     class Meta:
         abstract = True
 
-
 class Program(BaseModel):
 
-    isBA = models.BooleanField()
-    # geneds are different if BA or BS 
-   
+    # major or minor or gened
+    programType = models.CharField()
+
+    # is BA, there are these geneds, if BA, those
+    degreeType = models.CharField()
+
+    # unless they're in the honors program
+    # and then there are separate geneds
+    honors = models.BooleanField()
+
     class Meta:
         ordering = ('name',)
 
@@ -22,21 +28,24 @@ class Program(BaseModel):
 
 class Course(BaseModel):
 
-    department = models.CharField(max_length = 5)
+    # ordering
+    prerequisites = models.ManyToManyField()
+    corequisites = models.ManyToManyField()
+
+    # basic course information
+    department = models.CharField(max_length = 150)
+    departmentAbbr = models.CharField(max_length = 5)
     courseNumber = models.CharField(max_length = 3)
 
     # available next semester?
     # CRN
     # section number
+    # professor
     
-    # Course may need Program-specific information
+    # Course may need program-specific information
 
     slug = models.SlugField(max_length = 50)
 
-    # ordering
-    prerequisites = models.ManyToManyField()
-    corequisites = models.ManyToManyField()
-
     # default sorting order in admin
     class Meta:
         ordering = ('name',)

advisor/trajectories/sample-io.txt

@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
 
 CS112(prereq=[],coreq=[CS101,MATH113])
 
-edge case-- course is only required or available if a certain major is selected
-
 # user enters courses they have taken
 allCourses = [Every, Damn, Course]
 coursesTaken = [Courses, Student, Already, Has, Completed]
@@ -51,6 +49,10 @@ nextCourses is all of the courses it is possible for you to take next
 GEN ED REQUIREMENTS
 #############################################
 
+# I don't think even from a UX perspective that anyone would ever want to see all
+# of the geneds that they could concievably take a subseqent semester-- there would
+# be like eleventy billion of then
+
 # checks if you've taken a gened for a specific set of geneds (say, philosophy)
 def genedCheck(coursesTaken, genEdCourses):
   diff coursesTaken, genEdCourses
@@ -63,12 +65,24 @@ def genedCheck(coursesTaken, genEdCourses):
 # users are able to select which courses they *want* to take for gen eds
 # then pass the allCourses through allPrereqCoreq? NOT COOL
 
-gen eds are also different depending on liberal arts or not
+BEYOND PREREQ COREQ
+#############################################
+
+"Through 200 level"
+
+"At least 12 credits of xxx"
+
+"One of "these" and two of "those""
+
+"electives"
+
+"take two sequences of"
 
 OTHER THOUGHTS
 #############################################
 
 NO WAY TO CHECK ACCURACY OF USER INPUT
+this is important for modifying trajectories-- see below
 
 once a user has selected the courses they want to take for the subsequent semester,
 this is saved as a trajectory
@@ -87,3 +101,14 @@ with other students... --will need to implement later
 should be able to point out "by permission of instructor"
 
 also, what if the user input is wrong? answer: this system just assumes that it's right
+
+needs to limit the number of programs that can be selected-- there already is one, implicitly
+from a BA or BS selection, and then Honors?
+
+UX
+#############################################
+
+User arrives on homepage, selects program, (Honors College?) and is prompted to select
+already-completed courses.
+
+