IA1 Technical Proposal

IA1 Technical Proposal

1. User Problem

   • User Persona 1
     • Wants
       • Lower zero upcrossing wave periods
         • Old age
           • Gets tired easily
       • As Harold is 73 years old, services for the old age would be beneficial
         • Disabled parking spots
         • Elderly friendly beaches
         • Lifeguards
     • Needs
       • Waves that are not too big, but also not to small
         • Filtering or search system
     • Details
       • Name
         • Harold Williams
       • Education
         • Doctorates Degree
       • Age
         • 73
       • Occupation
         • Engineer
       • Goals
         • Wants to be able to surf the perfect waves that aren’t too big as he is old.
         • less frequent waves are preferred due to his old age, causing him to get tried easily
       • Interests
         • Surfing
         • Walking, jogging
         • Reading newspapers
   • User Persona 2
     • Details
       • Name
         • Jacob Brandy
       • Occupation
         • Music Artist
       • Education
         • Diploma
       • Age
         • 24
       • Goals
         • Becoming a rockstar
       • Interest
         • Music
         • Surfing
     • Needs
       • Smaller waves to practice on
     • Wants
       • Emptier beaches
       • A beach with coaches available

2. Developer Problem

   • Data
     • Data Source 1
       • Cairns zero upcrossing wave period
         • Lowest at 12:00
           • 2.6 Tz
         • Highest at 11:00
           • 3.3 Tz
         • Generally lower wave frequencies than Gold Coast
           • Less waves
             • Beginner friendly
     • Data Source 2
       • Gold Coast zero upcrossing wave period
         • Lowest at 7:00
           • 4.2 Tz
         • Highest at 13:00-14:00
           • 5.6 Tz
         • Generally higher wave frequencies than Cairns
           • More waves
             • For experienced surfers
     • Data Storage and Retrieval
       • SQLite Database
         • Updates as users use the app and data is updated
           • Uses update table statements
       • Create table statement used
       • Data Types
         • Float(size, d)
           • A floating point number, with the total number of digits specified in size and number of digits specified in d
         • Varchar(size)
           • Includes text, numbers and special letters with an assigned limit
         • Int(size)
           • A medium integer, which includes whole numbers with an assigned limit
         • Date
           • A date in the format YYYY-MM-DD, with a supported range of '1000-01-01' to '9999-12-31'
   • User Interface
     • Usability Principles
       • Accessibility
         • The ability of a product to be used by a variety of people, including those with disabilities
           • Includes other groups such as mobile devices or slow network connections
           • Components of accessibility
             • Percievability
             • Operability
             • Understandability
             • Robust
       • Effectiveness
         • The reliability of a system, which is the consistency and dependability of a system
           • The user should be able to easily use a system while not experiencing bugs
       • Safety
         • The ability for the users to make mistakes and recover from those mistakes
           • Protecting the user's confidential information or data
           • Recovering the user's password/account if forgotten or stolen
       • Utility
         • The ability of the system to provide all the functionality that users need
           • A measure of the satisfaction/happiness that the user gains from the app
           • Ease of use of the solution
           • Degree of usefulness
       • Learnability
         • How easy a system is to learn, and how memorable it is
           • Using global interactions and icons
             • Logo leads to home screen, cogwheel is settings, profile picture is to account settings
           • A tutorial or guide to teach the user how to use the app
     • User Interface Components
     • Features
       • Avatar Selection
         • Custom Profile Pictures
       • Dark mode
       • High
   • Coding Environment
     • Development Tools
       • Thonny
       • Sublime Text Editor
       • VS Code
     • Key Algorithms
       • Login
         • User's email or username
           • Sends verification code to user's email for security
         • User's password
         • If all requirements are met, the user is logged into their account
       • Search
         • Filter
           • The user can filter through requirements to look for waves that match the user's preferences using checkboxes
             • Wave height
               • Can filter to the user's preferred wave height
             • Wave frequency (zero upcrossing)
               • Can filter to a higher or lower zero upcrossing
             • Water temperature
               • Can filter to preferred water temperature
             • Location
               • Can filter to locations close to the user or the selected location
             • Wave times
               • The times at which waves appear
         • Search bar
           • The user can type up what they are looking for
             • Allows the user to look for what they want specifically
       • Sign up
         • User ID
           • Primary Key
           • A unique ID is given to the user, which can be used to identify them
         • Email address
           • The user's email which can be used to communicate and for security
           • Unique, only 1 account can bind to each email
         • Date of birth
           • Confirms the user is of legal age to use the website
           • YYYY-MM-DD
         • Username
           • Unique
           • The way of identifying each user and will be used to login to the user's account

3. Impacts

   • Social
     • The app can encourage friends to go surf waves with the user
       • Brings groups together for socialising
   • Economic
     • Running ads
       • Helps generate revenue while advertising things users may be interested in
     • Subscription fee
       • The users can choose to subscribe to the app, which provides benefits to the user
         • Optimised wave searching
   • Personal
     • Allows the user to easily find beach locations for surfing
       • Also allows the user to find optimal waves, such as wave height and wave frequency
         • Benefits those looking for specific waves

4. Task Requirements

   • Existing Solutions
   • Self Determined Criteria
     • Readily available coaches at beaches
       • Beneficial for beginners that want to learn how to surf
     • The app is able to identify elderly and disabled friendly beaches and waves
       • Smaller waves
       • Lower wave frequencies
       • Lifeguards
       • Beaches that include disabled parking
   • Prescribed Criteria
   • Constraints & Limitations
     • Code
       • Lack of knowledge
         • Disables the ability to properly code the website
     • Skills
       • Poor design abilities
     • Time
       • Due date
         • 25/11/2022
       • 9-11 Minutes multimodal presentation