Barbie Vault

Barbie Vault

1. Criteria

   • PC1
     • "Web application displays Barbie Data from an external data source "
       • Displays Barbie data
       • Uses external data source
   • PC2
     • "Web application allows a user to search the Barbie data "
       • Web application allows user interaction to search
       • Searches through the database for data
   • SD1
     • Options for user to press to allow for filtering and easier searching

2. Usability Principles

   • Accessbility
   • Learnability
   • Utility
   • Safety
   • Effectiveness

3. Existing Solutions

   • Barbie WIki
     • Minus
       • Bad interface
       • Lack of filtering
     • Positives
       • A lot of information
       • Editable by public
     • Interesting
       • Contents page
       • Many references
   • Barbiepedia
     • Interesting
     • Minus
     • Positive

4. Impacts

   • Economical
     • Hire developers
     • Advertisement
     • Create jobs
   • Personal
     • Stress could be accumulated from managingthe website
     • Boost satisfaction and confidence
   • Social
     • Forums could be created about the website
     • Communities
     • Feedback and contribution to website

5. User Persona

   • Isabelle - 31 years old
   • Australia
   • University Degree
   • Needs a convenient way to look for barbies and learn more about them
   • Likes enjoying time with family and learning information about barbies
   • Full time barbie player

6. Purpose/Main ideas

   • Relays information about every barbie in the barbie verse
   • What does it show?
     • Name
     • Image
     • Physical Features
     • Genders
     • Race
   • Allows user to filter
   • Existing solutions are not accessible due to the difficulty in navigating the website and searching for specific barbies

7. Developer Environment

   • HTML
     • Used to structure a page by making all the elements
   • CSS
     • Used for styling to make a page more aesthetically pleasing
   • SQL
     • Stores the data and allows for it to be queried
   • Python
     • Renders the HTML pages, validates data and sends SQL queries to the database

8. Databases

   • Barbieverse.db
     • Strengths
       • It has many different categories, a lot more compared to other databases
         • Allows for more info to be searched and displayed
       • Has every character of Barbieverse
         • Good for users
       • 888 records
     • Limitations
       • Database isn't officially sourced
         • Influences accuracy
       • No primary key
         • Either make one or use composite key
     • Interesting
       • Details such as cast, speaking and singing voice
         • Allows users to make connections between characters
       • Explores a lot of appearance attributes
   • Careers.db
     • Positive
       • Has time period
       • Primary key
     • Intersting
       • Displays career and type
     • Limitations
       • Not many categories
   • Barbie_Nodes.db
     • Positive
       • Has primary key
     • Interesting
       • Has name and surname
     • Limitations
       • Limited info