COMP2110 Software Design in 2004 lecture 11 Introduction to the Project ass. 2

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COMP2110 Software Design in 2004 lecture 11
Introduction to the Project (ass. 23)

• the concept Hit-Here-Now active home page
• related applications
• assignment what to do?
• design where to start?

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Building an active home page from content blocks
page layout title style columns width
layout blocks
content block
Recreations
extreeeeme
block title choral societies
SCUNA
http//aicsa.org.au/anu/scuna.html
ANU
Canberra but if in
Sydney, go to SUMS
SUMS
http//union.usyd.edu.au/clubs/sums.html
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Content blocks

• come in one of three forms
• plain - lines of text and hyperlinks mixed
• bulleted list of lines...
• numbered list of lines...
• A layout block can use a content block or a
  picture or a sub-page.
• The one content block can be used in more than
  one place.

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example content block

• News Jul 2004 coming very soonJul 2004 Joint
  projects available with educationhttp//it.usyd.ed
  u.au/grants/jointed.htm Feb
  2004 Honours projects for 2004http//cs.anu.edu.a
  u/student/year4/ Nov 2003 The School of IT and
  Compuwarehttp//www.cw.comAsia-Pacific won the
  Business Higher Education Round Table, BHERT
  awardhttp//bhert.org.au for industry and higher
  education collaboration.

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comparable applications

• aggregators
• composer
• photo gallery

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What you do not need to do

• no detailed layout algorithms
• no fancy WYSIWYG editing
• just columns and blocks down the column

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resources read them! apply them!

• assignment specification
• requirements specisifcations
• notes
• feedback on the 2003 assignment 2
• Braude chapter references from lectures
• doing design
• high level design
• architectures
• Encounter example but it is a quite different
  problem

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The COMP2110 Design project ass2 ass3

• "project" it is 2 assignments' worth
• project make your own work plan and intermediate
  deadlines! (it cannot all be done in a week)
• work in small teams for first part
• high level design written doc. and presentation
• work alone for second part
• detailed design (basic)
• work alone - but
• collaboration is encouraged for review and
  criticism
• keep the design and documentation your own work

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The COMP2110 Design project why teams

• why small teams?
• potential for learning more from each other
• build your confidence and quality of your work by
  comparing and learning from each other
• motivate deadlines getting started on the
  project
• group work develops employer-desired
  "communication" skills
• teamwork, collaboration, flexibility,
  negotiation, compromise, accepting intellectual
  criticism
• but cooperation is not always easy - make
  efforts to listen,be gentle with your partners!

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Design of a software system Where to start?

• work out and then work infirst reduce the
  details, and then expand detailof the concept
  and up to the requirements
• work deeper into the design and then come back
  out to make a better high level description
• find domain classes, use CRC cards,
  brainstormdraw screen sketches
• find methods that work for your team

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Design of a software system Where to start?

• consider different architecturesModel-View-Contr
  oller? layers? pipeline, batch?
  repository?(dont fall in love with Encounters
  framework layers)
• combinations of architectures?
• materials, resources, classes use 2003
  feeedback
• ch 13 and 14 Braude Braude Encounter design
• methods