IA1

IA1

1. Task Requirements

   • Constraints and Limitations
     • Time
       • 8 weeks
     • Skill
       • Wire frame design
       • Mock up design
       • Pseudocode Knowledge
       • DFD creation
       • SQL Knowledge
   • Existing Solutions
     • Surfline
       • Pros
         • Forecasts the Gold Coast
         • Informs about weather
           • Uses metric system
         • Forecasts days in advance
         • Human forecaster
       • Cons
         • Made for experienced surfers
         • Informs about wind and swell
           • Uses imperial system
         • Paywall
         • Small icons
     • Elder's Weather
       • Pros
         • Documents in-depth weather conditions
           • Uses metric system
         • Forecasts days in advance
         • No paywall
         • Large icons
         • Contrasting text
         • Universal weather icons
       • Cons
         • Not designed for surfers
   • Prescribed Criteria
     • Apply 2 open databases
       • Two online databases must be used on the app in order to show information
         • Beach Name
         • Date
         • Wave height range
         • Number of people on the beach
         • Difficulty rating 1-10
     • Implement Filtering
       • The app must allow the user to filter any sort of information from the two databases
         • User can filter by:
           • Beach Name
           • Date
           • Wave height range
           • Number of people on the beach
           • Difficulty rating
   • Self-Determined Criteria
     • Utilize Notifications
       • When the forecast for a beach is the preferred conditions of the user, a notification is sent to them
         • User can set the preference for these condition types:
           • Beach Name
           • Wave height range
           • Number of people on the beach
           • Difficulty rating 1-10
     • Utilize a human forecaster
       • A human will document data for the population, weather and difficulty rating of each beach

2. User Problems

   • Barton Lance
     • Wants
       • Usability Principles
         • Accessibility
           • Contrasting text colour to background colour
           • Big text
         • Effectiveness
         • Utility
         • Learnability
           • Icons
           • Labels
           • Tutorial
         • Safety
           • N/A
     • Needs
       • To be informed about conditions of local beaches via:
         • Wave height range
         • Current tide
         • Population of surfers in area
         • Difficulty Rating
     • Details
       • 50 years old
       • has a degenerative eye condition
       • Novice surfer
       • Has trouble using technology
       • Doesn't know technical surfing terms
   • Jamie King
     • Details
       • Average Surfer
       • Dyslexic
       • 17
     • Wants
       • Accessibility
         • Many Icons
         • Colour Coded Text
         • No big cluttered paragraphs
         • Readable font
     • Needs
       • To be informed about local beach conditions
         • Wave Height Range
         • Range

3. Impacts

   • Social
     • Novice surfers can meet and form social circles together
     • Hobby of surfing increases in popularity
   • Personal
     • Easy to understand surfing conditions
     • No surfing terms to confuse user
     • Easy to understand
   • Economic
     • No paid membership
     • Run ads for profit
     • Hire forecasters

4. Developer Problems

   • User Interface
     • Features
       • Filtering
       • Notifies user when preferred conditions are met
       • Displays forecasts for beaches in the Gold Coast, and Sunshine Coast
     • Usability Principles
       • Safety
         • Limit user input
       • Accessibility
         • Big icons
         • Contrasting text colour from background
         • No big paragraphs
       • Effectiveness
         • User can filter information
       • Utility
         • Presents conditions of beaches in the Gold and Sunshine Coast for surfers
       • Learnability
         • Universal icons
         • Labels
         • Universal weather icons
     • User Interface Components
       • Drop down menu
         • User selects an option from numerous ones
       • Date field
         • User selects a date from a calendar
       • Input box
         • User types input
       • Slider
         • Inputs an integer from a chosen range
       • Buttons
         • User can confirm actions
   • Coding Environment
     • Development tools
       • Thonny
         • Integrated Development Environment
       • SQL
         • Server side databases
       • Flask
         • Web application framework
     • Key Algorithms
       • Filtering
       • Inputting preference data
       • Inputting filtering data
       • Sending notification
   • Data
     • Data storage and retrieval
       • SQL databases
       • HTML Form inputs
       • Create table function
       • Flask cursors
     • Required Data
       • ID
         • Integer
           • PK
           • AUTO_INCREMENT
       • Name
         • Varchar(50)
           • NOT_NULL
       • Date
         • Date
           • NOT_NULL
       • Weather
         • Varchar(20)
           • NOT_NULL
       • WaveMax
         • Decimal(4,2)
           • NOT_NULL
       • WaveMin
         • Decimal(4,2)
           • NOT_NULL
       • NumPopMax
         • Integer
           • NOT_NULL
       • DifRate
         • Integer
           • DEFAULT '5'
     • Data Source Options
       • Wave Data - 2022 Gold Coast
         • Pros
           • Wave max height
           • Wave min height
           • Date
         • Cons
           • No weather
           • No population
           • No difficulty rating
       • Wave Data - 2022 Sunshine Coast
         • Pros
           • Wave max height
           • Date
           • Wave min height
         • Cons
           • No population
           • No difficulty rating