Senior Exit Project Richard Bauman

Outline General Information about GAC GAC Needs Current Application Front End Future Application Front End General Information on Back End Current Application Back End Future Application Back End

About Located in Goodland, Kansas – roughly 4,300 residents Serves as the local gymnastics and sports center Uses Personal (leisure) Competitions (community activities) Education (mixed martial arts) Anybody can become a member with a monthly fee One of the few hot spots in Goodland

Needs Better management system for: Members Events Payments Communication Faster and more efficient use of looking up vital data Back up business data Simple software that is easy to use

Current Application Online application Simple user interface Manages members, staff, and other contacts Has flexible forms for quick lookups Calculates when member payments are due

Simple User Interface

Manages Contacts

Forms

Payment Application

Future Application Have more predefined forms that are often used Make use of an online text editor Send mass s to specific groups of members Entirely automate calculating monthly bills Send bill via or prepare postal mail to be printed Integrate a calendar system to keep track of events Install an SMS (Short Message Service)

The Back End Technologies that were used: Netbeans IDE – Powerful development environment Apache 2.2 Server – Provide dynamic web pages PHP – All web pages JavaScript – Handle client side interactions CSS – Design page layout and formatting AJAX – Use of asynchronous data transfer MySQL – Easy to use, Powerful database software PHPMyAdmin – Easy to use, Powerful database manager

Class Diagram

Current Database Design Database contains 4 tables: Contacts Membership Emergency Medical Database contains 1 view: Form Primary key for each table is id.

Future Database Design Database will contain more tables to allow more complex relationships such as: Business – 1 to many relationship Activities – 1 to many relationship Family – 1 to many relationship Payment – 1 to many relationships

Future Improvements Make the software more industrial strength Have more error checking of input data Associate related input fields and place constraints on the input where needed Create a self-installer

Experiences Gained Worked with a real company Technologies improved on: CSS PHP AJAX PHPMyAdmin

Goodland Activities Center Management System Questions?

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