Vista Learners

A full-stack platform for Vista Learners, an education consultancy in Kannur: a public site for prospective students, the Vista Compass™ online assessment, and a CMS that lets staff run the site without a developer.

The consultancy evaluates study-abroad candidates with an MCQ assessment. The results feed real admissions conversations, so the exam has to be trustworthy.

An online exam that grades or times itself in the browser can be gamed. The consultancy also needed to manage destinations, courses, FAQs, testimonials and blog content themselves, without developer involvement.

Vista Compass™ runs with server-authoritative timing and auto-submit, and grades only on the server. Rules like one attempt per exam and national-ID uniqueness are enforced at the service and database layer. A student portal supports email/password and Google sign-in; a role-based admin CMS manages content and exports reports.

1. A

   Server-authoritative exams

   Timing, auto-submit and grading all happen on the server. The browser never sees the answer key and can’t extend its own clock.

2. B

   Rules at the database layer

   One attempt per exam and national-ID uniqueness are constraints, not UI checks — so they hold even if someone bypasses the interface.

3. C

   Honest placeholder content

   Stats, testimonials and legal copy that still need real client data are explicitly flagged in the documentation rather than filled with invented figures.

• Vista Compass™ MCQ exam with live countdown and auto-submit
• Student portal with email/password and Google OAuth sign-in
• Admin CMS for destinations, FAQs, testimonials, courses, blog and media
• Super-admin vs. standard admin roles with action audit logging
• Bulk Excel/PDF exports for student lists and per-attempt reports

• Making an online assessment tamper-resistant without proctoring software.
• Giving non-technical staff full control of the public site.

• NestJS 10
• Prisma 5
• MySQL
• Next.js 14
• Google OAuth2
• Argon2
• TypeScript