shalvi-saxena / tournament-results

Project 2: Tournament Results

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This is the code to store data of a tournament.

This project requires defining the database schema (SQL table definitions) for a Swiss tournament system and writing a Python module that uses the PostgreSQL database to keep track of players and matches in a game tournament.

The game tournament uses the Swiss system for pairing up players in each round: players are not eliminated, and each player is paired with another player with the same number of wins, or as close as possible.

In this project:

• Database scheme was desinged at first to fulfill Swiss tournament system;
• PostgreSQL database was used to implement this scheme;
• Python module was wrote to interact with the database and rank the players in the tournament.

How to Run:

1. Import the database scheme into PostgreSQL database.

Type the following commands on you terminal:

psql -> create database tournament; -> \c tournament -> \i tournament.sql -> \q

Make sure that the directory of your terminal is the same with the directory your codes under.

2. Run the tests of this project by typing

   python tournament_test.py

You will see the information of noticing successful running.