Project Name

Code_Plagiarism_Detector- An easy solution for detecting plagiarism in programming assignments.

Project Description

The Code Plagiarism Detector is a tool that can be used to identify instances of code plagiarism in programming assignments.

Key Highlights

1. This project aims to develop a robust and efficient algorithm for detecting code plagiarism, which can be integrated into existing plagiarism detection software or used as a standalone tool.
2. The project uses Levenshtein distance to calculate the edit distance between two files, and then returns the similarity score between these files.
3. It provides a user-friendly interface for comparing code files and identifying instances of plagiarism in programming assignments

Technology Used

• Front-end: HTML5, CSS, React.Js
• Database: MySQL RDBMS
• Backend: Node.Js, D3.Js, Express.Js

Instructions for Setup (Windows User)

1. Install Node on your system from here https://nodejs.org/en/download/
2. Clone this github repo: https://github.com/OmDalwadi/Code_Plagiarism_Detector.git
3. Open the terminal and navigate to the "Code_Plagiarism_Detector" folder.
4. Run npm start command to run the web-app.
5. Open Google Chrome browser and visit http://localhost:3000

Created by:- Om Dalwadi Ravinder Kaur Yug Shah