Interface Architecture

Interface Architecture

1. States and Events

   • State Machine
     • State
       • Up
       • Down
       • Mode or Configuration of UI
     • Event
       • Mouse Up
       • Mouse Down
       • User Input

2. Model-View-Controller

   • Organizing UI Implementation
   • Model
     • How Data is Stored
     • Comment
   • View
     • Data Visualization
     • Text Field/Profile Picture/Dropdown Menu
   • Controller
     • Handle User Input
     • "Post Button" Functionality

3. View Hierarchy

   • Trees of Elements for Layout
   • Event Propagation
     • Mouse
     • Keyboard
     • Touch Screen
     • Speech

4. Advancements

   • Amulet Toolkit
   • Scene Graph
   • DART Toolkit