Creación de entidades

How can we improve our educational solution?

In our journey towards a more robust and structured educational system, it is crucial to deepen how we structure the entities that are part of it. At this stage, we are going to focus on adding new entities to our solution: students, subjects and assessments.

The goal is to increase functionality, providing a faithful and functional representation of the educational environment, which is essential for the good development of any software in the industry. Let's see how to do this with the proper use of classes in C#.

How do you create classes for new entities?

We start by evaluating what attributes each entity should carry and how to create them properly in C#. Therefore, we are going to create new classes for each of the entities:

1. Student: the fundamental attributes of a student can include a Unique ID (also called a code) and a name. It is defined using the GUID system, guaranteeing a unique ID generated in the constructor.

public class Alumno { public string Nombre { get; set; } public string UniqueID { get; private set; }    
 public Alumno() { UniqueID = Guid.NewGuid().ToString(); } }}

2. Assignment and Assessments: Both entities genesis of with a similar structure thanks to code reuse and the idea of maintaining consistency and order in programming.

What are the important features of advanced classes?

In our solution, it is paramount to understand that assessments are directly related to subjects and students. Each evaluation contains a Unique ID, name, the student who submits it, to which subject it belongs and the grade obtained, which is recommended to be handled as a float type for the inclusion of decimals.

public class Evaluacion { public string UniqueID { get; private set; } public string Nombre { get; set; } public Alumno Alumno { get; set; } public Asignatura Asignatura { get; set; } public float Nota { get; set; }    
 public Evaluacion() { UniqueID = Guid.NewGuid().ToString(); } }}

How to integrate subject and student lists into courses?

A course is not complete without recognizing which subjects and students it contains. Each course, therefore, must have an associated list of subjects and students, facilitating the access and manipulation of this data.

public class Course { public string Name { get; set; } public List<Subject> Subjects { get; set; } public List<Student> Students { get; set; }
 public Course() { Subjects = new List<Subject>(); Students = new List<Student>(); } }}

What final considerations should we have?

When finalizing the structuring of our entities, it is vital to remember the importance of design decisions. Each object created must be built with a clear purpose within the educational model. In C#, we have the flexibility to include multiple classes in a file without error, but maintaining organization will help significantly in the long run.

As we move forward, students will be encouraged to apply these concepts in the creation and manipulation of objects, thus increasing their programming skills and understanding of complex educational systems. Keep moving forward and improving your knowledge!