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ICS 465 Midterm Project. By David Neely and Brandon Lee. After you graduate. You may not have all of the answers. What should you expect in the real world after you graduate? How do you find a job? How do you search for internships?. Who should you rely on for this kind of help?. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
ICS 465 Midterm ProjectICS 465 Midterm Project
By David Neely and Brandon LeeBy David Neely and Brandon Lee
After you graduateAfter you graduate
• You may not have all of the answers.
• What should you expect in the real world after you graduate?
• How do you find a job?
• How do you search for internships?
Who should you rely on Who should you rely on for this kind of help?for this kind of help?Your classmates and the Alumni of Your classmates and the Alumni of
the ICS department at UH.the ICS department at UH.
Your fellow Alumni are Your fellow Alumni are your Network.your Network.
How do you keep this network How do you keep this network alive with the least amount of alive with the least amount of
pressure?pressure?
Keeping in touch is hard.Keeping in touch is hard.
In a field like ours, it is essential.In a field like ours, it is essential.
Change is inevitableChange is inevitable
It’s a fact of life that as times It’s a fact of life that as times change, information changes. change, information changes.
It evolves.It evolves.
Change is inevitableChange is inevitable
• Email addresses change without warning.
• People move from place to place now more than ever.
• Even people’s names change.
• As you get older, networking becomes even more important.
Constant change is hard for one Constant change is hard for one person to track.person to track.
• Many copies of the same piece of data lead to data inconsistencies
• The Solution must be centralized.
• The Solution must be dynamic.
• The Solution must be scalable.
• The Solution must be easy-to-use.
There has to be a simple and There has to be a simple and centralized way to keep in centralized way to keep in
touch with your classmates…touch with your classmates…
Benefits of a dynamic flash-based Benefits of a dynamic flash-based ICS Alumni mapICS Alumni map
• Centralized data source. – Not only can you access this information from any
internet-enabled computer in the world, you can also update it.
• Up to the Minute Information– Display up-to-the-minute information
• 90 percent browser saturation– Flash is the most downloaded plug-in on the internet.
It is on almost 90 percent of all computers connected to the internet.
Use a combination of toolsUse a combination of tools
• Microsoft Access Database
• Macromedia Flash MX 2004
• Active Server Pages
One table contains…One table contains…
• First name
• Last name
• Email address
• Graduation Year
• Type of Major (BA/BS)
• Photograph (url)
Use Active Server PagesUse Active Server Pages
• Add a new user
• Update a user
• Delete a user
• Display all graduates
• Display only BS graduates
• Display only BA graduates
Using ASP, Flash can now Using ASP, Flash can now communicate with the databasecommunicate with the database
ASP
ASP
DATABASE
FLASH
Potential ObstaclesPotential Obstacles
• We need to decide the scale of the project. Could this be extended to a world map later?
• Zip codes. This makes the precision of the map much more accurate. However the implementation still needs to be worked out.
• Flag collisions. How do we represent multiple flags at the same x and y coordinate.
• Obtaining test data.
In Conclusion…In Conclusion…
• A centralized source, accessible from any internet enabled device.
• No duplicated information
• Data consistency
• Infinitely expandable
• Graphical representation of data