Note on previous part
This is continuation of Redesign Submissions (Part 3) post, where you can find discussion on new design proposal on processing submissions. This post is iteration on described there approach, which brings few improvements.
Addressing open items
In the previous post we have mentioned few problems, which are tackled within this iteration.
Results Store
Firstly, there is new store - Results Store. Initially it was separated, and them moved again to single Submissions Store
as it required checking state when displaying submissions to users. But now, instead of keeping submission state we will go
to separate stores which has different use cases and schema.
Submissions Store- the main purpose is to collect very initial data on submissions, and then report back to users so they can monitor own submissions. This is like asynchronous response effect to user request, and that’s the only purpose. It’s considered as secondary data - but still it’s useful in investigation where submission is present and there is lack of result.Results Store- main data set withinJAlgoArena- that’s the place where we store all submission data together with assessment result and points gained for solving the problem. It’s main source for calculating ranking, and it’s displaying all results on profile page of user.
Problem Ranking
As we display on user profile page results with points per solution - there is no need anymore to display it on UI on problem page - it was a bit of disconnected data which was necessary to understand best time bonus point - which is not a case anymore. It simplifies architecture and UI a bit - making it more consistent and focused.
Other changes
- layout improvements
Diagram
Open questions
- should we keep synchronous calls to
Results StoreandSubmissions Store- or would it be better to model it in asynchronous request/reply way, using two related topics? That would give nice asynchronous flow running without blocking calls (besides of database call which anyway is blocking).
Summary
It is one of first approaches to the design - which is subject to change.
Check the next iteration on Redesign Submissions (Part 5)(coming soon) page.