student companion - project current state – achievements

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Student Companion -

Project Current State – Achievements

Members in Sweden:

Andreas DrakeAsad SaleemMuhammad Usman GhaniRobert LundquistVasilis Odontidis

Members in Croatia:

Ante RadmanBruno SamardžićGabrijel Smoljkić

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Agenda

• Current project status• Workload and cost• Problems and challenges• Detailed component status• Demonstration

– Backup Component– Language Component– Multithreaded Search– Search Component

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DONE

DONE

DONE

BEHIND SCHEDULE

ALMOST ON TRACK

LATER

LATER

LATER

ALMOST ON TRACK

PROJECT STATUS

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Workload

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Cost

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Problems and Challenges

• Problems with WinCVS

• Some components are behind schedule due to unbalance in programming skills

• Problems with the PDA

Backup Component

Features• Use of Microsoft Cabinet Files (*.cab) • Ability to separate the data into chunks (CDs, DVDs)• Restore backups• Selective backup

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Challenges

• Burning feature had to be skipped

Status 80%

Developer : Robert

Language and Filehandler Component

Features (Language Component)• Handling of multiple language files

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Status 100%

Features (Filehandler Component)• Storing file information• Abstraction layer for the file system• Event-based methods to provide functionality for progress

information

Status 95%

Developer : Andreas

Search Component

Features• Search for files, inside files and information stored in information

handler• Customizable search method• Multithreaded search

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Status 50%

Developer : Vasilis

Course Component

Features• Other components eventnote, notes, grade and file are interlink with

courses• Click on the menu bar for different options like (add, view)• By Clicking on view you can view data like course detail, note, events

note and grade• By clicking on add you can all the details like add course, add file,

add notes and grades

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Developer : Asad

Almanac Component

Status• Searching for almanac component.• Looked at different component third party component (like code

project)

The general idea is:• Showing calendar • On a date box show the schedule for the particular date.• Add notes• Add Events• Add File

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Developer : Usman

Almanac Component

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Developer : Usman

Preview

Communication and Synchronization

FeaturesConnecting to other devices and synchronizing user’s data

– developed a specialized data exchange protocol using XML– enabled both one-to-one and many-to-one connections– developed a special testing mechanisms which simulate many

users synchronizing data

Next step– integration with database and file handling components

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Status 80%

Developers : Ante and Gabrijel

Xml-to-program interface

• Features– Set of methods for modifying xml files, making it seamless for

the rest of the program– Memory requirements reduced to minimum (for handling

potential large xml files and for convenience with use on PDA)

• Problems– Little or no experience in modifying xml files. – Compact framework doesn’t support all the necessary methods– Every method needs testing, making it slow to develop

• Status

90%

Other Components

• Installer– Planning to start implementing next week

• Main Program– Already started (20% complete)– Presented prototypes approved

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Demo Time

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Thank you

Now your questions, please.

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