MovieXpress Developer's Blog

There was no meeting for week nine, due to unforseen scheduling issues. The next meeting will be held on the 15th of May 2008. Phase II is due on the 12th of May 2008, not the 13th as mentioned in previous posts.

Team Four - Meeting Minutes

Business

• Phase II work
  Work has almost been completed on phase II. Tristan has completed his final question and Tabris has finished her allocated questions. Concerns were raised about manipulating the dictionaries used in the code, but these were rectified relatively quickly.
  
  Sandru’s work is still in progress and should be ready by the following Monday (May 5).
  
  The next major step that needs to be taken is the analysis of the data, which is crucial to attaining better marks for phase II.
  
  
• HTML interface
  The website has gone live on Tabris’ IVLE site, and this will be the final location for all HTML/Dynamic Python content.
  
  Further updates were made to the HTML interface, including the use of an AJAX/Javascript container to display the Python content, along with designated hyperlinks for each question to be answered at the bottom of the page. The page will be amended as required to conform with the guidelines as set by Andrew/Steven/other tutors.
  
• Presentation
  Sandru has been experimenting with an edited version of the Foo Fighters’ song “The Pretender” (it is about 90 seconds shorter than the original). More details will be presented at the next meeting.
  
  
• Weekly report
  To save time on having to email one another, team members were urged to make use of the “weekly report” on Google Docs to inform each other on developments.

Important deadlines- Phase II Deadline – 9:00AM, 13^th May 2008
Next meeting- 8^th May – 8:45AM at ICT Level One

Team Four - Meeting Minutes

Business

• Phase II work
  Work has been progressing steadily on phase II. Tristan has completed his allocated question, and both Sandru and Tabris have both started on their questions.
  
  The other set of questions was allocated today, following the discussion of Python’s visualisation module in the lectures (Matplotlib). The allocation of the remaining questions is as follows:
• Tristan- Question five (along with question two)
• Tabris- Question four (along with question one)
• Sandru- Question six (along with question three)
  
  
• HTML interface
  Tabris has designed a “closed” version of the HTML interface for phase III. The page has been divided into two sections, to correspond with phase II and phase III. There will be a number of hyperlinks corresponding to the actual Python code for each question is executed and also an ASCII version where the code and comments will be displayed, rather than executed.
  
  
• Presentation
  Given that the majority of groups are undertaking the entertainment project, the team decided to do a movie “trailer” – essentially a montage of many different movies. Movies would include The Matrix, Lord of The Rings, Pirates of the Caribbean, Casino Royal amongst others. Sandru provided some potential backing tracks including:
• Alpha Commander (by X Ray Dog)
• Dethroned (by X Ray Dog)
• Know Your Enemy (by Hybrid)

ACTION- The team provisionally decided on Dethroned, although other options can be considered, given that the deadline for phase III is the end of semester.

• Tasks for next meeting
  All team members- Phase II questions
  Sandru- Look at alternatives for movie trailer
  Tabris- Design of HTML interface/publish website

Next meeting- 1^st of May – 8:45AM at ICT Level One

Team Four - Meeting Minutes

Business

Tabris was absent from the meeting, but an email was circulated with updates on how her work was progressing.

• Phase III Name
  Tabris suggested the name “movieXpress” as the working name for phase III. Tristan and Sandru didn’t object to it, so the name was approved.
  
  
• Developement blog
  A new blog by Tabris was started which would centralise the administration for the project- team members can provide updates to the site, and Sandru will be able to post minutes directly to the site. The advantage of having this would be that the final report can be compiled with (relative) ease, as the blog’s web address could be submitted in place of completing a separate report.
  
  The address is http://moviexpress-log.blogspot.com
  
  
• HTML interface
  Tabris also completed a prototype for the web interface. A graphic is available on the development blog; user-friendliness was a critical factor in the design, so a simple layout with the appropriate use of vibrant colours was the approach used. Tabris also designed a flowchart which looks at how the web interface operates; this is available on the development blog.
  
  
• Phase II- Question allocation
  Questions for the first half of phase II were allocated as follows
• Tabris – Question One
• Tristan – Question Two
• Sandru – Question Three
  

• Tasks for next meeting
  Tabris- Improvements to mock HTML interface
  Sandru-Ideas for presentation (movie trailer) – Deferred to next meeting
  All members- Working on phase II questions

Important Dates

21^st April- Mid semester test
28^th April- Worksheets due

Amendments to previous minutes

Week Four- Should be dated the 3rd of April 2007
Week Five- Should be dated the 10th of April 2007

Next meeting- 24^th April – 8:45AM at ICT Level One