Inspiration:
Our Fundies teachers' strict adherence to plagiarism. #kingoffundamentals1
What it does:
Checks the source codes in a file and compares them to the rest in the file by giving it a score from 0 to 100. 100 means it is exactly alike and 0 means it is completely different.
How we built it:
Using Java and NetBeans.
Challenges we ran into:
Levenshtein distance was a struggle and is not bulletproof.
Accomplishments that we're proud of:
Works with any text file and most source code files.
What we learned:
Comparing two large files with Java I/O is a painful process. NetBeans is very picky.
What's next for Deja Vu:
Fixing the holes that Levenshtein distance doesn't account for by including other string comparison algorithms like fuzzy search. Adding exceptions is also something we would work on.
