Another updated to do list

So far I am on schedule with my to do list. I finished the Day View last night, but after some thinking today, I decided that I am going to back and fix some things. So here’s my list so far (with details):

  • Finish up day event
    • rotation in accordance to specific time
    • should add overlapping event (redo doctor to overlap?)
    • should add overlapping all day events
  • Tool Bar – will make buttons and such
    • Add Events – will add functionality after interactions are done…
    • Search/Filter Bar – will add functionality after interactions are done…
    • Image library
    • Legend/key
    • Help/Faq – will fill in details after everything else is finished…
  • Interactions
    • Zoom
    • Rotation
    • Click
  • Popups/Details on Demand
    • Per segment
      • click – see events for the specific category
      • roll over – see a tooltip
    • Per day/month
      • click the label – changes view
      • roll over the label – see popup/tooltip
    • In day view
      • when clicking specific day event – see details
      • when clicking all day event – see detail and bring to foreground
  • Final write up

I should hopefully finish the demo by Thursday <crosses fingers> and then I can begin the write up…

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May 12, 2008 – 7:44 am
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Are Span Days (i.e. Vacation, Conference, Trip/Visit) like an All Day?

So are they?  I don’t know.  They are similar to an All Day event and a Specific Time event.  So what to do?

At this point,  I’ve decided that it will act like an All Day event.

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May 11, 2008 – 8:46 am
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Update: List of Things to do

Here is an update on my list thus far:

  1. Dynamic Text Labels for each view (Did not worry about leap year…)
  2. Beef up my XML with more data (ended up only having 12 events and only in May)
  3. Finish up all day events (added: finish up day view) (this will be hard coded and I am currently working on at this time)
  4. Figure out how I am going to deal with determining the thickness of the band per segment (this is all hard coded in)
  5. Work on Toolbar
  6. Popups
  7. Interaction: Zoom and Rotation
  8. Final Report

So far so good.  I am planning on finishing up the Day stuff by this weekend (if not sooner).

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May 9, 2008 – 11:46 pm
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According to my proposal…

According to my Capstone Proposal:

The functionality of the prototype will allow users to: input events, set priority events as well as recurring events, categorize events, search events, and allow the user to view events based on the criteria they have selected. It is important to note that the prototype is a demonstration of what the calendar would do and is not meant to be used as an actual application.

Functional Prototype that will let users:

  • Events
    • Input events
    • Set recurring events
    • Set priority events
    • Categorize events (e.g. birthdays, sports, anniversaries, etc)
  • Displaying events – filtering, viewing
    • Time-based
      • Year
      • Month
      • Week
      • Day
    • Event-based
      • View all
      • View recurrence
      • View priority
      • View category
    • Simple search toolbar

So that is what my proposal says. Boy do I wish I wasn’t so specific in my proposal. But it’s okay, I have a plan. Here’s my current list of things I need to do:

  1. Dynamic Text Labels for each view – done! (Just finished it today! Did not worry about leap year…)
  2. Beef up my XML with more data (probably have 20 events)
  3. Finish up all day events
  4. Figure out how I am going to deal with determining the thickness of the band per segment
  5. Work on Toolbar
  6. Popups
  7. Interaction: Zoom and Rotation
  8. Final Report

So those are the steps that I can think of so far. I can do this!

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May 7, 2008 – 6:33 am
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Kim, it’s a D-E-M-O! Please remember that!

So I have essentially 15 days to finish this.  Actually, let’s be more precise.  I will need to finish this demo by May 18th.  I will then have the final report and defend my capstone on May 22nd.  Talk about pressure!

So here’s quick update on what I have done so far:

Spent two days trying to figure out why my Dynamic Text Field would not show up.  It’s because when you rotate the text field, you need to embed the font.

I had a moment of freak out yesterday.  After talking with Andy and Matt, I proceeded to head to the gym to work out.  Mind you this was 10 pm on Sunday night.  I guess my major problem at this point is defining on what a demo is.  The way I am building this prototype is how I would build the actual application.  This is a good thing because I do want to build this.  This is a bad thing because I am doing way more work then I need to at this point for only a DEMO.

I’m taking Andy’s suggestion and making up a list.  I talked to Elouise today and she made me feel better.  I am not going to concern myself with too much of the logic and the data handling.  It’s making the demo feel like what the actual application will do. I am currently finishing up the Day View with the dynamic text field.  After that is done, I will add a few more events to my XML.

I will post an updated timeline and what needs to be accomplish by tomorrow night.

I can do this!

Published:
May 5, 2008 – 7:48 pm
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