🗂️ Real-Time Tabulation and Messaging Software for Debate Tournaments

Desktop system for AP & BP debate tabbing and judge coordination

🚪 Welcome Screen
🚪 Welcome Screen – Secure & Streamlined Entry for Organizers
🗨️ Real-Time Messaging
🗨️ Real-Time Messaging Between Admin & Assistants
📝 Tournament Creation
📝 Effortless Creation of New Tournaments in Seconds
🗂️ Project View
🗂️ Structured Project View in Apache NetBeans 12.0
📜 Rule Configuration
📜 Configure Core Debate Rules for Any Format
👥 Role Management
👥 Role-Based User Creation with Smart Setup Options
📊 Score Weights
📊 Define Score Weightage & Judging Criteria
🏆 Standings Logic
🏆 Customize Standings Logic with Ranking Preferences
➕ Add Teams
➕ Add Teams Smoothly with Integrated Validation
📈 Standings View
📈 Dynamic Team Standings View with Live Updates
✅ Check-ins
✅ Track Judge & Team Check-Ins with Precision

🧩 Project Overview

This Java-based desktop application supports smooth coordination of debate tournaments through real-time tabulation and admin-judge communication. Built with Java Swing and socket programming, the tool facilitates Asian Parliamentary (AP) and British Parliamentary (BP) tabbing formats, offering organizers a streamlined, on-premise system for event-day operations.

🔐 System Highlights

  • Admin-assistant dual login system with secure credential handling
  • AP & BP debate mode support with role-based adjudicator input tracking
  • Socket-based messaging module for instant judge-admin communication
  • Intuitive GUI built with Java Swing, styled for clarity and usability
  • Timestamped data handling using built-in Calendar and Date APIs

🛠️ Technologies Used

  • Core Language: Java
  • GUI Toolkit: Java Swing, AWT
  • Messaging Protocol: Java Socket Programming
  • Database & I/O: Java I/O Streams
  • Environment: NetBeans IDE

🎞️ Feature Demonstration

This short clip walks through the application—from login to round tabbing to real-time messaging—in action.