Development update

Today we had a meeting but only Abdul and were there. Since both Nick and Evan had access to Mac computers at home Abdul and I have been assigned to do the server side components. At our meeting we discussed what components and functionality would be required and some of the technologies we would be using to impliment the web site.

We identified that the website would have to facilitate the following functions:

• Loggin in
• Registering (there will be the option to register online or by using the iPhone app)
• Administering the site (adding/removing users and their photos)
• There will be different functionality for users and for photo retailers.
• Users will be able to see the photos they have uploaded
• Photo retailers will be able to see the orders allocated to them and some statistics
• Photo retails will revieve emails for photo orders detailing their reurements and with their photo attached
• Users will get the details for where to pick up their photos within the app.

Abdul explaned some usefull frameworks that could help us develop the web site. These include:

• Hibernate - a Java library to help create and query database tables
• Spring - handles dependencies
• Smart GWT - A Java tool for designing interfaces.

Over the next few days I will be looking at these to learn what they can do for our project.

New COMP3000 blog

I am now using this blog for my COMP3000 (Designing Mobile Applications) course. In this course we are designing a app for the iPhone. The last 2 weeks we have been throwing around some ideas for apps. I have come up with a few good ideas but I have discovered that most of them already exist. The front runner for the app we will develop os an app that helps people create photo postcards and assists them in finding stores and ordering print outs of their photos/postcards.

We just had a meeting but only 3 of us turned up (Abdul, Nick and myself) so we didn't get much resolved. It was good to meet Abdul and he seamed to be quite enthusiastic to get started on our app. We should try to meet again before the end of the week to finalise our app idea and assign roles to group members. This way we can get the ball rolling with development and with specific roles assigned to people we will feel a greater sense of responsibility.

I am looking forward to exploring the iPhone SDK and seeing what it has to offer. I am hoping it makes development for the iPhone a breeze and that I don't get bogged down in the code.