Progress Report for the week of November 5, 1997
Accomplishments:
Things are progressing nicely here in Worcester. The list of accomplishments is quite vast and is as follows:
- Everything has been put into source control on Crane
- A package was developed, but has not been fully implemented due to the lack of a name. Once we come up with a descriptive name, the package will be finalized.
- A toolbar has been added to the GUI
- We are close to getting a graph to work. Once we get one to work, the others should be close behind.
- Matt came across a components package in the javasoft library called Swing components that will be incorporated into the project. These are lightweight components (low overhead with better performance) that can give a tool a Win95 look and feel. Although this package is currently only a beta version (it will be available in the Java 1.2 release next year), it can be implemented with a jdk 1.1.2 or better.
- Our first code review, during which we went over the File I/O and a few container classes.
- Designed a new option for the tool that gives the user the ability to create a new data file based on an existing one. The current file is cloned, the clone is displayed in a TextArea box that can be edited in any way and saved as a new data set.
Questions:
We haven't come up with any specific questions. However, we have been having some difficulty in coming up with a good name for this package, so any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
To do List:
- Get our coding standards online
- Code the classes, begining with the graphing classes.
- Come up with a final name for the package.
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