Project for
COMP 442
Summary
The customer wants a generic web framework to make lists of locations
along with user commentary available on the web. For example one persom
might use this system to display information about used-book stores
while another might use it to track resteraunts.
More complete requirements description.
This system needs to run on the web without fancy client side
requirements (typical cross-platform client requirements like java and
javascript are fine). The system should keep the names, locations and
other data concerning the establishments in some sort of
retrievable storage. The user should be able to view the entire list on
the web as html. The user should also be able to download the entire
list as either text, postscipt or pdf for offline viewing. The system
should also be tied in to one of the free online mapping programs
(google, frapper maps or something entirely different). When using the
mapping feature, the locations of the establishments should be
available visually (using 'pins' or some other technique. There should
be a way of clicking on a pin and seeing (more) information about the
establishment. Ideally, there should also be a mechanism to
select a subset of locations for printing or download by clicking on
map pins.
Users should be able to update the list of locations and
establishments. There should be a mechanism for the user to submit data
(a record) about an establishment and its location via the site. There
should be a flag to either allow this data to be automatically be added
to the visible data or for it to be quaranteened till a moderator can
vett it. Finally there should be a mechanism to allow users to comment
on existing entries. A moderator should be allowed to remove
inappropriate comments.
Assignment 1:
Due Feb 15th in class, one document per group.
You will now gather a more formal set of requirements for this project.
Each group should schedule a time with the instructor to meet and use
that as an interview for requirements gathering.
Each group will produce a requirements document including each of the
type of requirements studied in the class lecture. You must also
include at least 5 use cases that you think will be critical in some
way to the system.
Assignment 2:
Due March 29th (after break) (once again, there should be one document per group)
This sounds like a long time, but its only about 2 weeks of class time.
I strongly encourage you all to read Chapter 9 completely before starting this phase.
Now it is time to design your proposed system. Produce an
objected oriented design that implements your requirements. Include UML
class diagrams showing the proposed classes and their relationships to
one another. You should also include Object constraint language
statements for any required conditions and any other text that would be
needed for a computer scientist unfamiliar with this project to
understand the design. Suggest languages to be used for each of the
various pieces of the solution. Declare and summarize any external
existing systems that will be used in your design.
You should use any of the design patterns studied in class (or others that you are familiar with) as appropriate in your design.