Parson's-Puzzles

This is a small Software, written in Javascript (to be served with NodeJS), to support teachers, professors as well as their students in the usage of so-called "Parson's Puzzles" (see Dale Parsons et al. )

Features

• Written in Javascript, both Server-Side and Client-Side.
• Websockets support to collaborate on the same puzzle
• Puzzle creation assistant with LaTeX export
• JavaScript-Interpreter - allows the students to directly run the puzzles in their browser

Installation/Usage

• Basic install:

  git clone …
  npm install
  PORT=8080 node index.js
  

• Options: There exist a few configurable Options, which can be set using Environment variables:

  PORT=1234
  MASTER_PW=passwort_to_be_used_as_master_pw
  AUTH_ADMIN=_if_set_require_basic_auth_with_user
  AUTH_PASS=_and_password
  

License

See License.md (GPLv3). If this License presents a challenge for the usage of this software, feel free to contact the original Author!