Spring 2000 Project Milestones

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Spring 2000 Project Milestones

See Spring 2000 Project Assignment Description for the detailed description of the project.

January 27: Tree Milestone

The first project milestone is an individual project to demonstrate individual competence with Squeak. You must create a Tree class in Squeak that can store any object at its nodes. You must be able to display the tree instance as a tree.

Example usage:

| myTree |
myTree := Tree new.
myTree content: 'I am the parent.'. "Put this string in info of root"
myTree addNode: Tree new. "Put a subtree beneath the root"
myTree first content: #(1 2 3). "Content of subtree root is array"
myTree addNode: Tree new. "Another subtree"
(myTree at: 2) content: 34.5. "Put float as content at root of second subtree."
myTree display.  "Display the tree graphically, 
	printString of each content at the node, 
	lines from roots to subtrees"

Display might look like:
Uploaded Image: tree.gif

Here is the basic interface that you must provide:

Message	Meaning
content:	Set content for tree
addNode:	Add subtree at end of list
first	Return first subtree
last	Return last subtree
at:	Return subtree at given index
display	Display tree graphically on a white space starting at 0@0 extending to 300@300

In class, please turn-in well-documented, hardcopy source code (at least two lines of comments for each method, in-line comments at significant portions) with your name, section, and student number on it. In addition, before class time, turn-in your code using the Spring 2000 Turnin Information with the code 'P1'.

Grading:

20% Good Smalltalk style: Good reuse, variable names start with lowercase letters, etc.
80% Correct implementation: 20% trees create correctly, 20% handles display of nodes in a binary tree, 20% handles display of links in a binary tree, 20% handles large n-ary trees well.

Questions on Tree Milestone

February 15 at class time

(Changed from Feb. 10)
Your teams must be defined by this date. Use the page Team-Forming Discussion for advertising and forming your team. A team can be no more than four people, no fewer than two, with members from any section of 2340 or 2341. No team divorces will be allowed after P3! Please pick a Team Name.

Teams must turn in a working user interface for making selections of news sources. We will file-in your code and execute Newspaper start. Your user interface should let us choose either "Choose News Sources" or "Generate Newspaper" (not operative right now). (You don't actually have to have two big buttons with those choices, but it must be evident how to do each.) Choosing News Sources should allow us to specify the categories and news sources that we're interested in. This information should be saved upon exit from the system in a file newssources.txt. (Just leaving it in the Squeak directory is fine.) Format of the news sources file is up to you.

In class, please turn-in:

CRC Card analysis of UI system: Classes considered and rejected, and CRC cards for each class in the user interface.
UML class diagram of UI classes with a description of each class and what it's methods do.
Well-documented, hardcopy source code (at least two lines of comments for each method, in-line comments at significant portions) with your Team Name and all team members' names, sections, phone numbers, and student numbers on it. The phone numbers are for us to use if teams lose touch with one another.

In addition, before class time, turn-in your code using the Spring 2000 Turnin Information with the code 'P2'.

Grading (see Criteria for Good OOA/D):

20% Good CRC card analysis: Reasonable names, understandable and clearly defined responsibilities, good exploration of other class names
30% Good UML class diagram: Correct usage of notation (10%), detailed and understandable descriptions and names (20%).
10% Well-documented and good style source code
40% Working system: 20% selecting categories (must be possible to select primary, must save to file), 20% selecting sources (must be possible to choose multiple news sources, must save to file)

Questions on UI Design Milestone

Febuary 22 at class time

(Changed from Feb 18)
Teams must turn in a HARDCOPY detailed group plan. This should include:

CRC card analysis for ENTIRE system. It's PERFECTLY FINE to hand in xeroxed or generated-tables that represent your CRC cards rather than the actual 3x5 cards.
UML class diagram for ENTIRE system with descriptions for each class. You may use any other UML diagrams in addition to a class diagram that you would like in order to describe your system.
Description of what each team member is going to be responsible for.
Internal group timeline with dates and milestones

Obviously, the design will change over the following months, but we want to see that you've thought through everything UP FRONT.

Hardcopy, with TEAM NAME on front at class time.

Grading:

25% Good CRC Card Analysis: Reasonable names, understandable and clearly defined responsibilities, good exploration of other class names
25% Good UML class diagram and descriptions: Correct usage of notation (10%), detailed and understandable descriptions and names (15%).
30% Clear definition of team member responsibilities: Can you tell who will do which pieces of system (as defined in UML and descriptions)? Will you be able to figure out whose part failed if there's a failure?
20% Believable and detailed group timeline: Could someone figure out from this what they're supposed to be doing each week? Can a team member figure out what they're supposed to have done each week from this?

Questions on Group Plan Milestone

March 3 at Midnight

(Change from March 2 at class time)
When the user chooses to "Generate Newspaper", the selected news sources should be gathered and all news placed in a linear text file Newspaper.txt. Ordering is unimportant right now. Headlines and bylines should be on separate lines. No graphic is necessary.

In class, please turn-in:

CRC Card analysis IF any changes from previous design, with text describing what changes were made and why.
UML class diagram IF any changes from previous design, with text describing what changes were made and why.
Well-documented, hardcopy source code (at least two lines of comments for each method, in-line comments at significant portions) with your Team Name on it.
Printout of sample linear text newspaper.

In addition, before class time, turn-in your code using the Spring 2000 Turnin Information with the code 'P3'.

Grading (see Criteria for Good OOA/D):

20% Good CRC card analysis – given for free if none is needed, but TAKEN OFF IF CHANGES ARE MADE AND NOT DOCUMENTED. If handed-in, evaluated as Criteria for Good OOA/D.
20% Good UML class diagram and class descriptions – given for free if none is needed, but TAKEN OFF IF CHANGES ARE MADE AND NOT DOCUMENTED. If handed-in, evaluated as Criteria for Good OOA/D.
15% Well-documented and good style source code
25% Correct gathering of news sources: Category is respected as first news items (10%), all necessary news sources are visited (10%) (1-2 points for each site not accessible or not parsed appropriately)
20% Readable linear text generated: Clear headlines (6%), good text (no extra stuff from bad parsing) (7%), Generally readable (7%)

Questions on Linear News Display Milestone

March 24

The basic Newspaper web access must work (e.g., http://mycomputers.ip.edu:8080/newspaper after Newspaper webstart), but not the deselection of news sources. Web-based generation of the newspaper must also work.

In class, please turn-in:

CRC Card analysis – changes are absolutely expected here, but if you did the original design well, there are only additions here. Provide a page describing the changes at the OOA level.
UML class diagram – changes are absolutely expected here, but if you did the original design well, there are only additions here. Provide a page describing the changes at the OOD level.
Well-documented, hardcopy source code (at least two lines of comments for each method, in-line comments at significant portions) with your Team Name on it.
Printout of sample HTML text

In addition, before class time, mail your necessary files to your grading TA with your TEAM NAME in the subject line. In addition to your code change set, you may want to provide a Server directory (to be installed in the same directory as the Squeak image) with certain files. You can provide a Zip file with all the files that the TA will need to grade your assignment

Grading (see Criteria for Good OOA/D):

20% Good CRC card analysis: Good names, good responsibilities, etc.
20% Good UML class diagram: Makes sense, good descriptions, etc.
10% Well-documented and good style source code
5% Correct gathering of news sources
25% Working web access: Can access the site (10%), can figure out user interface (USABILITY! 10%), can successfully generate the newspaper (5%)
20% Readable HTML text generated: Headlines are clearly separate (5%), text is clear (i.e., no extra stuff from a bad parse) (10%), good image (5%)

Questions on Web Newspaper Milestone

TURNINS FOR WEB NEWSPAPER: Turn in electronic by midnight on the 24th. Turnin electronic at my door (or under it) by 4:30 pm. (I probably won't be in Friday due to a sick daughter.)

April 6

All of the Newspaper web access must work, including de-selection of news sources and HTML generation of newspaper.

In class, please turn-in:

CRC Card analysis – changes from the March 24 deadline are to be provided here. Provide a page describing the changes.
UML class diagram – changes from the March 24 deadline are to be provided here. Provide a page describing the changes.
Well-documented, hardcopy source code (at least two lines of comments for each method, in-line comments at significant portions) with your Team Name on it.

In addition, before class time, mail your code using the Spring 2000 Turnin Information with the code 'P5'.

Grading (see Criteria for Good OOA/D):

20% Good CRC card analysis
20% Good UML class diagram
10% Well-documented and good style source code
20% Effective web interface for de-selection and newspaper generation: 10% for usability, 10% for correct functionality
20% Correct gathering of news sources, including de-selections: 10% for correct gathering, 10% for supporting deselections
10% Readable HTML text generated (should be no worse than March 24 deadline!)

Questions of Web Sources De-Selection Milestone

April 20 (CHANGED FROM APRIL 21)

The entire system described at Spring 2000 Project Assignment Description should be functional.

In class, please turn-in:

CRC Card analysis for entire system. (Expect points off if it's the same as Group Plan Milestone.)
UML class diagram for entire system. (Expect points off if it's the same as Group Plan Milestone.)
Well-documented, hardcopy source code (at least two lines of comments for each method, in-line comments at significant portions) with your Team Name on it.
Printout of sample newspaper

CHANGES: TURNIN IS FRIDAY THE 21st AT 1:00 PM IN MY OFFICE AND NO SOURCE CODE IS REQUIRED Mark Guzdial

In addition, before class time, turn-in your code using the Spring 2000 Turnin Information with the code 'P6'.

Grading (see Criteria for Good OOA/D):

20% Good CRC card analysis.
20% Good UML class diagram.
10% Well-documented and good style source code
10% Correct gathering of news sources
40% Good generation of newspaper
- 10% 3 column (with graphic) front page
- 10% Correctly flowing stories with headlines, bylines, and markers to continuation pages
- 10% Correctly functioning and usable (readable, clean) Morphic and Web interfaces
- 5% Correct use of primary news source
- 5% Meets all other requirements (e.g., uses all news sources, three or more stories from each, meets newspaper size limitation)

Questions on Final Milestone

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Spring 2000 Project Assignment Description last edited on 2 March 2000 at 9:07 am by guzdial2.cc.gatech.edu.
Questions on Tree Milestone last edited on 28 January 2000 at 6:38 pm by ip-189-051.gw.total-web.net.
Questions on UI Design Milestone last edited on 15 February 2000 at 10:27 am by guzdial2.cc.gatech.edu.
Questions on Group Plan Milestone last edited on 28 August 2002 at 1:57 pm by gw.uscolo.edu
Questions on Linear News Display Milestone last edited on 3 March 2000 at 9:00 am by guzdial2.cc.gatech.edu.
Questions on Final Milestone last edited on 3 October 2005 at 2:51 pm by lawn-199-77-215-146.lawn.gatech.edu
Team-Forming Discussion last edited on 30 April 2000 at 2:32 pm by acmey.gatech.edu.
Nathan Pettigrew last edited on 20 March 2000 at 11:58 pm by calamari.gatech.edu.
Spring 2000 Project Milesones last edited on 1 February 2000 at 2:58 am by bo.cc.gatech.edu.
Questions on Web Newspaper Milestone last edited on 19 June 2002 at 10:57 pm by adsl-156-33-25.asm.bellsouth.net
Questions of Web Sources De-Selection Milestone last edited on 5 April 2000 at 9:35 pm by westvirginia-nt.cc.gatech.edu.
Plug This Family last edited on 28 April 2000 at 1:12 pm by fkt30.eastnet.gatech.edu.
Newspaper Design Milestone Walkthrough: Team PIRJ last edited on 27 April 2000 at 12:43 am by r62h40.res.gatech.edu.
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